MCL 169.233 Campaign Statements; Filing Schedule; Report On Expenditures; Form; Late Filing Fee; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty; Prohibitions; Filing Incomplete Or Inaccurate Statement Or Report; Civil Fine; Failure to File Campaign Statements; Violation As Felony; Seizure and Forfeiture of Money; Inventory Statement of Money Seized; Notice; Hearing; Decision; Appeal; Commencement of Action

• Library: Michigan Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Public Act 228 of the 2023 Legislative Session

(1) A committee, other than an independent committee or a political committee required to file with the secretary of state, supporting or opposing a candidate shall file complete campaign statements as required by this act and the rules promulgated under this act. The campaign statements shall be filed according to the following schedule:

(a) A preelection campaign statement shall be filed not later than the eleventh day before an election. The closing date for a campaign statement filed under this subdivision shall be the sixteenth day before the election.

(b) A postelection campaign statement shall be filed not later than the thirtieth day following the election. The closing date for a campaign statement filed under this subdivision shall be the twentieth day following the election. A committee supporting a candidate who loses the primary election shall file closing campaign statements in accordance with this section. If all liabilities of that candidate or committee are paid before the closing date and additional contributions are not expected, the campaign statement may be filed at any time after the election, but not later than the thirtieth day following the election.

(c) For candidate committees only, in a year in which there is no election for the candidate the candidate committee is supporting or opposing:

(i) Not later than July 25 with a closing date of July 20 of that year.

(ii) Not later than October 25 with a closing date of October 20 of that year.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1):

(a) A candidate committee shall file a preelection campaign statement and a postelection campaign statement for each election in which the candidate seeks nomination or election, except if an individual becomes a candidate after the closing date for the preelection campaign statement only the postelection campaign statement is required for that election.

(b) A committee other than a candidate committee shall file a campaign statement for each period during which expenditures are made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate or for the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question.

(3) An independent committee or a political committee other than a house political party caucus committee or senate political party caucus committee required to file with the secretary of state shall file campaign statements as required by this act according to the following schedule:

(a) Not later than April 25 of each year with a closing date of April 20 of that year.