SB-0755, As Passed Senate, April 20, 2010
August 19, 2009, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 641 (MCL 168.641), as amended by 2005 PA 71.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 641. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and
sections 642 and 642a, beginning January 1, 2005, an election held
under this act shall be held on 1 of the following regular election
dates:
(a) The February regular election date, which is the fourth
Tuesday in February.
(b) The May regular election date, which is the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in May.
(c) The August regular election date, which is the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in August.
(d) The November regular election date, which is the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(2) If an elective office is listed by name in section 643,
requiring the election for that office to be held at the general
election, and if candidates for the office are nominated at a
primary election, the primary election shall be held on the August
regular election date.
(3)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, and
subsection
(4), a special election shall be
held on a regular
election date. A special election called by the governor under
section 145, 178, 632, 633, or 634 to fill a vacancy or called by
the legislature to submit a proposed constitutional amendment as
authorized in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of
1963 may, but is not required to be, held on a regular election
date.
(4)
A school district may call a special election to submit a
ballot
question to borrow money, increase a millage, or establish a
bond
if an initiative petition is filed with the county clerk. The
petition
shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered
electors
of the district equal to not less than 10% of the electors
voting
in the last gubernatorial election in that district or 3,000
signatures,
whichever number is lesser. Section 488 applies to a
petition
to call a special election for a school district under
this
section. In addition to the requirements set forth in section
488,
the proposed date of the special election shall appear beneath
the
petition heading, and the petition shall clearly state the
amount
of the millage increase or the amount of the loan or bond
sought
and the purpose for the millage increase or the purpose for
the
loan or bond. The petition shall be filed with the county clerk
by
4 p.m. of the twelfth Tuesday before the proposed date of
the
special
election. The petition signatures shall be obtained within
60
days before the filing of the petition. Any signatures obtained
more
than 60 days before the filing of the petition are not valid.
If
the special election called by the school district is not
scheduled
to be held on a regular election date as provided in
subsection
(1), the special election shall be held on a Tuesday. A
special
election called by a school district under this subsection
shall
not be held within 30 days before or 35 days after a regular
election
date as provided in subsection (1). A school district may
only
call 1 special election pursuant to this subsection in each
calendar
year.
(5)
The secretary of state shall make a report to the house
and
senate committees that consider election issues by December 1,
2006.
The secretary of state shall report about the special
elections
held under this subsection, including, but not limited
to,
all of the following:
(a)
The number of times a special election has been held.
(b)
Which school districts have held special elections.
(c)
Information about the success rate of the ballot question
submitted
at the special elections.
(d)
Information about voter turnout, including the percentage
and
number of registered voters who voted in each special election.
(4) (6)
The secretary of state shall direct
and supervise the
consolidation of all elections held under this act.
(5) (7)
This section shall be known and may
be cited as the
"Hammerstrom election consolidation law".
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 756
of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.