May 11, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Marino and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 388, entitled
"Michigan campaign finance act,"
by amending section 66 (MCL 169.266), as amended by 1994 PA 411.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 66. (1) A candidate may only apply the funds received
under this act from the state campaign fund against qualified
campaign expenditures.
(2)
As used in this section, "qualified campaign expenditure"
means
an expenditure for services, materials, facilities, or other
things
of value by the candidate committee to further the
candidate's
nomination or election to office during the year in
which
the primary or general election in which the candidate seeks
nomination
or election is held. Qualified campaign expenditure does
not
include any of the following:
(a)
An expenditure in violation of any law of the United
States
or of this state.
(b)
A payment made to the candidate or a relative within the
third
degree of consanguinity of the candidate, or to a business
with
which the candidate or the relative is associated.
(c)
A payment to the extent clearly in excess of the fair
market
value of services, materials, facilities, or other things of
value
received in exchange.
(d)
That portion of any salary or wage to an individual in
excess
of $5,000.00 per month.
(e)
Payment from petty cash.
(f)
Gifts, except brochures, buttons, signs, and other printed
campaign
material.
(g)
Payment to a defense fund.
(h)
An expenditure by a candidate committee for an incidental
expense
under section 21a.
(2) (3)
A candidate shall keep the funds
received under this
act from the state campaign fund in a separate account. The
candidate's qualified expenditures may be paid from the separate
account unless the account does not have a balance. An unexpended
balance
in the separate account shall must
be refunded and credited
to the general fund within 60 days after the election for which the
funds were received. Payment received from the state campaign fund
for
expenditures in 1 election shall must not be used for
expenditures in a subsequent election.
(3) (4)
A person who knowingly violates
this section is guilty
of a felony punishable, if the person is an individual, by a fine
of
not more than $2,000.00 , or
imprisonment for not more than 3
years, or both, or, if the person not an individual, by a fine of
not more than $10,000.00.
(4) As used in this section, "qualified campaign expenditure"
means an expenditure for services, materials, facilities, or other
things of value by the candidate committee to further the
candidate's nomination or election to office during the year in
which the primary or general election in which the candidate seeks
nomination or election is held. Qualified campaign expenditure does
not include any of the following:
(a) An expenditure in violation of any law of the United
States or of this state.
(b) A payment made to the candidate or a relative within the
third degree of consanguinity of the candidate, or to a business
with which the candidate or the relative is associated.
(c) A payment to the extent clearly in excess of the fair
market value of services, materials, facilities, or other things of
value received in exchange.
(d) That portion of any salary or wage to an individual in
excess of $5,000.00 per month.
(e) Gifts, except brochures, buttons, signs, and other printed
campaign material.
(f) Payment to a defense fund.
(g) An expenditure by a candidate committee for an incidental
expense under section 21a.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4604 (request no.
01075'17 *) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.