Act No. 102
Public Acts of 2015
Approved by the Governor
June 29, 2015
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 30, 2015
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 2015
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015
Introduced by Reps. Kesto, Lyons, Lauwers, Heise, Leutheuser and Jacobsen
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4274
AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 970e (MCL 168.970e), as added by 2012 PA 417.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 970e. Subject to section 970b, the candidate of each political party receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates at the recall primary election as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from the various election precincts, shall be declared the nominee of that political party at the recall general election to be held on the next May regular election date or the next August regular election date, whichever occurs first. In addition, except as otherwise provided in this section, a candidate without a political party affiliation may qualify for the recall general election by filing a qualifying petition with the officer with whom the recall petitions were filed that contains 10% of the number of signatures required under section 544f within 10 days after the recall general election is scheduled. An individual who was an unsuccessful candidate in the recall primary election may not subsequently file a qualifying petition as a candidate without a political party affiliation for the recall general election.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4271.
(b) House Bill No. 4272.
(c) House Bill No. 4273.
(d) House Bill No. 4276.
(e) House Bill No. 4385.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
Compiler's note: The bills referred to in enacting section 2 were enacted into law as follows:
House Bill No. 4271 was filed with the Secretary of State June 30, 2015, and became 2015 PA 98, Eff. Sept. 28, 2015.
House Bill No. 4272 was filed with the Secretary of State June 30, 2015, and became 2015 PA 100, Eff. Sept. 28, 2015.
House Bill No. 4273 was filed with the Secretary of State June 30, 2015, and became 2015 PA 101, Eff. Sept. 28, 2015.
House Bill No. 4276 was filed with the Secretary of State June 30, 2015, and became 2015 PA 99, Eff. Sept. 28, 2015.
House Bill No. 4385 was filed with the Secretary of State June 30, 2015, and became 2015 PA 103, Eff. Sept. 28, 2015.