SENATE BILL No. 200
February 13, 2001, Introduced by Senator JAYE and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 10, 11, and 492 (MCL 168.10, 168.11, and
168.492), section 492 as amended by 1989 PA 142.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 10. The term "qualified elector", as used in this act,
2 shall be construed to
mean any MEANS A
person who possesses the
3 qualifications of an elector as prescribed in section 1 of arti-
4 cle 2 II of
the state constitution OF
1963 and who has EITHER
5 resided in the city or township 30 days OR, FOR AN ELECTION, SPE-
6 CIAL ELECTION, OR PRIMARY ELECTION ON A REAL PROPERTY TAX ISSUE
7 OR A LOCAL PROPOSAL OR LOCAL QUESTION THAT AFFECTS REAL PROPERTY
8 ONLY, WHO OWNS, AND HAS PAID ALL ASSESSED AD VALOREM PROPERTY
9 TAXES ON, REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO
10 BE AFFECTED BY THE RESULT OF THAT ELECTION.
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1 Sec. 11. (1) "Residence", as used in this act, for
2 registration and voting purposes means that place at which a
3 person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and
4 has a regular place of lodging. If a person has more than 1 res-
5 idence, or if a wife
PERSON has a
residence separate from that
6 of the husband
HIS OR HER SPOUSE, that
place at which the
7 person resides the greater part of the time shall be his or her
8 official residence for the purposes of this act. This section
9 shall not be construed to
DOES NOT
affect existing judicial
10 interpretation of the term residence.
11 (2) An elector shall
not be deemed
to have gained or lost
12 DOES NOT GAIN OR LOSE a
residence by
reason of being WHILE
13 employed in the service of the United States or of this state,
14 while engaged in the navigation of
the
waters of this state, or
15 of the United States, or of the high seas, while a student at an
16 institution of learning, while kept at any state facility or hos-
17 pital at public expense, or while confined in a jail or prison.
18 Honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the United
19 States or of this state
and who reside
in the veterans' facil-
20 ity established by this state may acquire a residence where the
21 facility is located. The residence of a person who is a patient
22 receiving treatment at a hospital or
other facility pursuant to
23 Act No. 258 of the
Public Acts of 1974,
as amended, being sec-
24 tions 330.1001 to
330.2106 of the
Michigan Compiled Laws UNDER
25 THE MENTAL HEALTH CODE, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 TO 330.2106, is
26 the village, city, or township where the person resided
27 immediately before admission to the hospital or other facility.
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1 (3) A member of the armed forces of the United States
2 shall IS not
be deemed a resident of
this state in conse-
3 quence of
DUE TO being stationed in a
military or naval place
4 FACILITY within the
THIS state.
5 (4) FOR PURPOSES OF REGISTERING TO VOTE AND VOTING AT AN
6 ELECTION, SPECIAL ELECTION, OR PRIMARY ELECTION ON A REAL PROP-
7 ERTY TAX ISSUE OR A LOCAL PROPOSAL OR LOCAL QUESTION THAT AFFECTS
8 REAL PROPERTY ONLY, A PERSON IS CONSIDERED A RESIDENT OF ANY
9 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO BE AFFECTED BY THE RESULT OF THAT ELEC-
10 TION IN WHICH THAT PERSON OWNS, AND HAS PAID ALL ASSESSED AD
11 VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES ON, REAL PROPERTY.
12 Sec. 492. Every
EACH person who
has the following quali-
13 fications of an elector, or who will have those qualifications at
14 the next election or primary
election,
shall be IS entitled to
15 be registered
REGISTER as an elector
in the township, city, or
16 village in which he or she resides. The person shall be a citi-
17 zen of the United States; not less than 18 years of age; a resi-
18 dent of the state for not less than 30 days; and a resident of
19 the township, city, or village on or before the thirtieth day
20 before the next regular or special election or primary election.
21 FOR PURPOSES OF REGISTERING TO VOTE AND VOTING AT AN ELECTION,
22 SPECIAL ELECTION, OR PRIMARY ELECTION ON A REAL PROPERTY TAX
23 ISSUE OR A LOCAL PROPOSAL OR LOCAL QUESTION THAT AFFECTS REAL
24 PROPERTY ONLY, A PERSON IS CONSIDERED A RESIDENT OF A POLITICAL
25 SUBDIVISION TO BE AFFECTED BY THE RESULT OF THAT ELECTION IN
26 WHICH THAT PERSON OWNS, AND HAS PAID ALL ASSESSED AD VALOREM
27 PROPERTY TAXES ON, REAL PROPERTY.
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1 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
2 effect unless Senate Joint Resolution N
3 of the 91st Legislature
4 becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in
5 section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.
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