SB-0877, As Passed House, December 18, 2003SB-0877, As Passed Senate, December 11, 2003                                                                        

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 877

                                                                             A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled                                             

"Michigan election law,"                                                    

by amending section 641 (MCL 168.641).                                      

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 641.  (1)  An election which shall be known and                        

2   designated as the "general November election" shall be held in              

3   this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November           

4   in every even numbered year. Except as otherwise provided in               

5   this section and sections 642 and 642a, beginning January 1,                

6   2005, an election held under this act shall be held on 1 of the             

7   following regular election dates:                                           

8       (a) The February regular election date, which is the fourth                 

9   Tuesday in February.                                                        

10  (b) The May regular election date, which is the first Tuesday               

11  after the first Monday in May.                                              

1       (c) The August regular election date, which is the first                    

2   Tuesday after the first Monday in August.                                   

3       (d) The November regular election date, which is the first                  

4   Tuesday after the first Monday in November.                                 

5       (2) If an elective office is listed by name in section 643,                 

6   requiring the election for that office to be held at the general            

7   election, and if candidates for the office are nominated at a               

8   primary election, the primary election shall be held on the                 

9   August regular election date.                                               

10      (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and                     

11  subsection (4), a special election shall be held on a regular               

12  election date.  A special election called by the governor under             

13  section 145, 178, 370, 632, 633, or 634 to fill a vacancy or                

14  called by the legislature to submit a proposed constitutional               

15  amendment as authorized in section 1 of article XII of the state            

16  constitution of 1963 may, but is not required to be, held on a              

17  regular election date.                                                      

18      (4) A school district may call a special election to submit a               

19  ballot question to borrow money, increase a millage, or establish           

20  a bond if an initiative petition is filed with the county clerk.            

21  The petition shall be signed by a number of qualified and                   

22  registered electors of the district equal to not less than 10% of           

23  the electors voting in the last gubernatorial election in that              

24  district or 3,000 signatures, whichever number is lesser.                   

25  Section 488 applies to a petition to call a special election for            

26  a school district under this section.  The petition shall be                

27  filed with the county clerk by 4 p.m. of the tenth Tuesday before           

Senate Bill No. 877 as amended December 11, 2003                            

1   the proposed date of the special election.  The petition                    

2   signatures shall be obtained within 60 days before the filing of            

3   the petition.  Any signatures obtained more than 60 days before             

4   the filing of the petition are not valid.  If the special                   

5   election called by the school district is not scheduled to be               

6   held on a regular election date as provided in subsection (1),              

7   the special election shall be held on a Tuesday.  A special                 

8   election called by a school district under this subsection shall            

9   not be held within 30 days before or 35 days after a regular                

10  election date as provided in subsection (1).  A school district             

11  may only call 1 special election in each calendar year.                     

12      (5) The secretary of state shall make a report to the house                 

13  and senate committees that consider election issues by                      

14  December 1, 2006.  The secretary of state shall report about the            

15  special elections held under this subsection, including, but not            

16  limited to, all of the following:                                           

17      (a) The number of times a special election has been held.                   

18      (b) Which school districts have held special elections.                     

19      (c) Information about the success rate of the ballot question               

20  submitted at the special elections.                                         

21      (d) Information about voter turnout, including the percentage               

22  and number of registered voters who voted in each special                   

23  election.                                                                   

24      (6) The secretary of state shall direct and supervise the                   

25  consolidation of all elections held under this act.

    <<(7) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Hammerstrom election consolidation law".>>

26      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

27  January 1, 2005.                                                            

Senate Bill No. 877 as amended December 11, 2003                            

1       Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take                      

2   effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

3   are enacted into law:                                                       

4       (a) House Bill No. 4820.                                                    

5       (b) House Bill No. 4822.                                                    

6       (c) House Bill No. 4823.                                                    

7       (d) House Bill No. 4824.                                                    

8       (e) House Bill No. 4825.                                                    

9       (f) House Bill No. 4826.                                                    

10      (g) House Bill No. 4827.                                                    

11      (h) House Bill No. 4828.                                                    

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