HOUSE BILL No. 4696


     April 24, 1997, Introduced by Reps. DeHart, Kaza, Raczkowski, Kelly, Mans, Hanley, Goschka, Parks and Brater and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled

   "Michigan campaign finance act,"

   (MCL 169.201 to 169.282) by adding section 47a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 47A.  (1) A PERSON WHO PAYS FOR A BILLBOARD, PLACARD,

 2    POSTER, PAMPHLET, OR OTHER PRINTED MATTER THAT REFERS TO AN ELEC-

 3    TION OR A CANDIDATE OR A PERSON WHO PAYS FOR A RADIO OR TELEVI-

 4    SION ADVERTISEMENT THAT REFERS TO AN ELECTION OR A CANDIDATE

 5    SHALL NOT MISREPRESENT THE MILITARY SERVICE OF A CANDIDATE IN THE

 6    PRINTED MATTER OR ADVERTISEMENT.

 7         (2) A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY

 8    OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE, IF THE PERSON IS AN INDIVIDUAL, BY A FINE

 9    OF NOT MORE THAN $100,000.00 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 5

10    YEARS, OR BOTH, OR, IF THE PERSON IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL, BY A FINE

11    OF NOT MORE THAN $500,000.00.


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 1         (3) THE SANCTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION ARE CUMULATIVE AND DO

 2    NOT PROHIBIT ANY OTHER REMEDIES, PENALTIES, OR SANCTIONS IMPOSED

 3    UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW.


















































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