Michigan campaign finance act historical amendments

• Exempts an expenditure allowed under Section 44a from a prohibition against a candidate committee making expenditures for anything but furthering of a candidate’s nomination or election.

• Allow a candidate committee to pay a late filing fee assessed under the “Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act” or the “Candidate for Public Office Financial Disclosure Act”

• Defines “Artificial Intelligence”

• Defines “Qualified Political Advertisement”
• Requires Qualified Political Advertisement to state that it is wholly or substantially generated by artificial intelligence and provides for further identification requirements for certain advertisements.
• Provides for exemptions to the identification requirements for Qualified Political Advertisements.

• Removes the prohibition on the use of public resources to establish or administer a payroll deduction plan and allows a payroll deduction plan to be set up by a public employer for a consenting individual’s contributions to a separate segregated fund.
• An individual’s affirmative consent would not expire until it is revoked by that individual.
• Removes provisions that allow a person that alleges a use of public resources to establish or administer a payroll deduction plan for campaign purposes to bring a civil action against the public body or person acting on its behalf.

• Removes the February filing requirement for Ballot Question Committees.
• Expands permitted use of secondary depositories to include depositing the proceeds of a joint fundraiser and transferring each committee’s share of receipts from the fundraiser.
• Provides that the person providing affirmative consent may revoke that consent at any time.
• Allows a connected organization to make an in-kind contribution to pay certain costs for fundraising activities for the separate segregated fund. Also requires reporting of these payments.
• Candidates may not make an incidental office expenditure to a charitable organization they are an officer/director of, or if they receive compensation from that organization.
• Incorporates credit and debit cards as instruments by which an individual may make a qualifying contribution to a candidate committee or a contribution of more than $20 or expenditure of more than $50.

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• Creates a new category of committee, Independent Expenditure Committee (SuperPACs), and specifies registration, filing requirements and specific regulations for this new committee type. These changes were prompted by the 2010 US Supreme Court decision commonly known as the Citizens United Decision.
• Requires the Annual Campaign Statement be filed by local committees as it was prior to 2014.
• Changes the filing official for certain Independent Expenditure Reports under Section 51 and provides for the assessment of late filing fees for missed or late-filed reports.
• Requires committees to provide an email address to the filing official.

• Removed reference to party Vignette in MCFA.

• For state PACs, replaced the February Quarterly filing with the January Quarterly filing For local PACs, eliminated the July and October Quarterly filings in off election years For Political Party Committees, eliminated the July and October Quarterly filings in off election years For all local committees, eliminated the Annual Campaign Statement
• Placed restrictions for public bodies disseminating communications that reference a Ballot Question within 60 days of the election (Enjoined from Enforcement: An injunction issued on February 5, 2016 by U. S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara, from the U.S. District Court in Ann Arbor prevents the enforcement of PA 269 of 2015 as it affects Section 57 of the MCFA only.)
• Added exceptions to the definition of commingling.
• Included operational changes for Separate Segregated Funds (SSFs); removed the annual affirmative consent requirement for payroll deduction and prohibits a labor organization or similar organization from receiving payroll deduction assistance from a corporation that is not the sponsor of the SSF receiving the payroll deduction assistance
• Provides for committee and candidate email addresses added to the Statement of Organization filing
• Allows committees to pay debts from a previous election cycle regardless of the contribution limit of the previous cycle and without written designations from the contributor.
• Incumbent Justices and Judges are automatically afforded the Reporting Waiver after an election or appointment as long as the committee's records substantiate that the committee qualifies for the Reporting Waiver.
• Changed the response timeframes of the complaint process

• Provided for voluntary electronic filing system for County Clerks should the Secretary of State create one

• Lowered the committee electronic filing reporting threshold from $20,000 to $5,000

• Raised food and beverage contribution exemption from $100 to $1,000 per calendar year
• Removed communication without express advocacy from the definition of an "expenditure"
• Exempted certain contributions to PACs from electronic filing
• Added July and October statements to candidate, party and local PAC committees in years where the candidate the committee is supporting or opposing is not on the ballot
• Added automatic adjustments to the contribution limits beginning in 2019
• Added identification requirements for certain communications that do not have express advocacy language
• Doubled most of the current contribution limits per election cycle to $6,800, $2,000 and $1,000
• Added members of a corporation to be solicited for contributions

• Prohibited Pay to Play for retirement, investments, investment of assets of public employee retirement systems
• Administered by the Department of Treasury

• Removed reference to internal revenue code from definition of an "Incidental Expense
• Limited the use of committee funds for legal expenses to recall expenses, recount expenses, compliance expenses and expenses that tangibly benefit the candidate's nomination or election

• Included in the definition of "committee" a person who receives a contribution or makes an expenditure to influence voters regarding the qualification of a new political party
• Required statements by parties attempting to qualify as a new party
• Established quarterly filing for PACs
• Established penalties and procedures for SOS to follow for a committee that fails to file for 2 years and funds forfeited to State

• Required posting of complaints to the Internet
• Required referrals to AG for certain violations
• Increased civil fines
• Amended the definition of "Late Contribution" and filing requirements
• Added quarterly reporting for Ballot Questions committees (BQC) in addition to Pre/Post and Annual statements
• Eliminated qualification/non-qualification statements and Added petition proposal statements for state level BQC
• Required certain recall and BQC to file with SOS
• Amended identification requirement for Separate Segregated Funds (SSFs) when communicating to members
• Allowed SSFs to contribute to other SSFs

• Prohibits payroll deduction from public bodies.

• Amended definition of contribution and expenditure to include federal candidates for the provisions of Section 57 only
• Added the establishment of a "payroll deduction plan" as an expenditure and defines "payroll deduction plan
• Amended Section 57 to provide the right to private action and for remedies outside of the MCFA
• Added prohibition of "payroll deduction plan" to Section 57
• Allowed for personal right of action for payroll deduction expenditures by certain persons

• Appropriated 72 million of the State Campaign Funds for the FY 2006/2007 general budget.

• Removed duplicate section 18

• Defined bundling, bundling committee, limited liability company (LLC), state elective office and statewide elective office
• Deleted bingos as a fund raiser
• Amended interpretive statement processes to match time period of a declaratory ruling
• Provided for the reporting of bundled contributions and bundled contribution limits
• Added street address to contributor information required to be reported by party committees
• Required certified Statement of out-of-state contributions for compliance with Section 55
• Added "with regulated funds" wording for identifiers
• Amended Section 57 by adding "computer hardware or software as resources

• Repeal of Section 2074 of insurance code affecting the MCFA

• Provided that Annual CS late filing fees must be paid for by the candidate with personal funds and cannot be paid for by the committee

• Changed the filing officials record retention schedule up to 15 years

• Repealed Officeholder Expense Funds (OEF).

• Required the candidate's name in the committee name
• Established zero floor reporting threshold

• Established time frames for processing complaints
• Established the Electronic Filing Advisory Board
• Established Civil Penalties and 2 tier late filing fees (above and below $10,000)

• Required Late Contribution Reports posting and fees
• Amended the retention of campaign statements

• Established new contribution limits for local committees and judicial committees

• Amended Section 47 (Identifiers) to exempt for printed matter for an individual acting alone

• Established enhanced disclosure for committee to committee contribution information
• Added requirements for political party caucus committees
• Required disclosure of election related expenditures for get-out-the-vote activity
• Amended the conduct to events under the Bingo Act
• Allowed for separate segregated funs (SSF) by domestic dependent sovereigns (DDS)
• Established late filing fees and penalties for Late Contribution Reports
• Established a penalty for reimbursements or bonuses for contributions by an employer
• Prohibited contributions by public bodies

• Amended section 19 of PA382 of 1972, Michigan Gaming and Control Board Act (MGCB) to regulate bingos and other games of chance (Review PA 264 and PA 275 of 1995)

• Amended section 3 of PA382 of 1972, Michigan Gaming and Control Board Act (MGCB) to regulate bingos and other games of chance (Review PA 264 and PA 275 of 1995)

• Established aggregate contribution limits
• Established persons who may be solicited by a labor organization and Expanded class of individuals who may be solicited by a nonprofit corporation
• Required affirmative consent to payroll deductions
• Established $100 threshold for reporting occupation and employer information
• Required name of PACs must include the names of their sponsors or affiliates
• Prohibited labor organizations from contributing to candidate committees and must form separate segregated fund SSF
• Provided contributors to BQC are not required to register under certain circumstances
• Required a domestic dependent sovereigns (DDS) must form separate segregated fund SSF
• Established penalty for reimbursements or bonuses given in return for contributions
• Required disclosure of expenditures for get-out-the-vote activities
• Amended political party caucus committees section
• Set Late filing fees for Late Contribution Reports
• Prohibited contributions by public bodies
• Required disclosure for bingo information

• Amended definitions and bingo provisions.

• Prohibits legislators from accepting a cash honorarium.

• Eliminated Officeholder Expense Funds or (OEF) from Section 49
• Added new Section 21A to authorized incidental expenses from the Candidate Committee

• Raised the check off to $3 and $6
• Provided that funds remain in the fund until reaching a $10,000,000 cap
• Eliminated the $300,000 fund raising exemption
• Increased the expenditure limit to $2,000,000

• Removed the filing exemption for primary and fourth class school districts and replaced it with the filing exemption for school districts with a pupil membership count of 2,400 students or less.

• Removed the filing exemption for primary and fourth class school districts and replaced it with filing exemption for school districts with a pupil membership count of 2,400 students or less
• Increased the registration threshold for non-candidate committees to $500
• Eliminated of one day Ballot Question Committees
• Clarifies of Independent Committee qualification requirements
• Provided for overnight delivery service to ensure timely filing
• Amended Section 17 provision for new PACs to register within 10 days of notification by MDOS without incurring any fees
• Provided for the Designated Record Keeper
• Raised Reporting Waiver to $1,000
• Provided Statement of Organization (SofO) can be filed with next campaign statement and removed late filing fee provisions
• Established Triannual campaign statements for PACs and pre/post only when activity is reported and annuals for a Political Party Committees and local PACs
• Required the itemization of all contributions and expenditures by a committee to a candidate committee and a ballot question committee
• Removed the list of names with each fund raiser schedule
• Eliminated Debts Schedule reporting on last payment to debt
• Provided for the retention of campaign statements for 4 years or one year beyond the term of office
• Changed contribution limits to an election cycle basis rather than a per election basis
• Required a person to deliver contributions within 10 days
• Authorized joint fund raisers
• Provided for out-of-state treasurers, irrevocable stipulation and the certified statement
• Provided for 30 business day return of contribution
• Changed in School Board Candidate definition in primary or 4th class school district exemption
• Provided for automatic dissolution of candidate committees
• Changed fees from a calendar day basis to a business day basis
• Established Civil Penalties
• Established a timetable for requests for declaratory rulings
• Affected Public Funding sections

• Raised threshold of Reporting Waiver to $1000.00

• Affected campaign statement provisions and waiver of fees under certain circumstances

• Amended candidates covered by MCFA

• Amended penalty provisions

• Amended write-in candidate provisions

• Amended duties of the Secretary of State

• Amended public funding for Political Party Committee provisions

• Amended county copy provisions

• Amended Annual Campaign Statement provisions

• Amended Ballot Question Committee provisions

• Amended funds transfer provisions

• Amended interest and loan provisions

• Amended identifier provisions

• Amended contributions limits provisions

• Amended penalty provisions

• Amended fees to be used for administering the MCFA provisions

• Amended dependent minor contributions provision so expenditures count toward parent contribution limits

• Amended cash contribution and anonymous contribution provisions

• Amended filing official provisions

• Amended reporting and late filing fees provision

• Campaign Statements

• Amended public funding provisions

• Amended definitions of candidate, candidate committee, closing date and committee

• Amended Statement of Organization provisions

• Amended candidate provisions

• Amended fees to be used for administering the MCFA provisions

• Amended definitions in "P"

• Current MCFA with no amendments

• History of PA 388