HB-4328, As Passed House, June 22, 2005

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4328

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

"Michigan election law,"

by amending section 482 (MCL 168.482), as amended by 1998 PA 142.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 482. (1)  Each Except as otherwise provided in this

subsection, each petition sheet under this section shall be 8-1/2

inches by 14 inches in size, shall be in horizontal format, and

shall contain no fewer than 7 signature lines. An 8-1/2 by 11 inch

petition sheet in horizontal format may be used if it otherwise

complies with this section and if all of the following conditions

are met:

     (a) The full text of the proposal can be printed on 1 or both

sides of an 8-1/2 by 11 inch petition sheet.

     (b) Each petition sheet that is submitted is 8-1/2 inches by

11 inches in size.

     (c) Each petition sheet contains no fewer than 7 signature

lines.

     (2) If the  measure proposal to be submitted  proposes is a

constitutional amendment, initiation of legislation, or referendum

of legislation, the heading of each part of the petition shall be

prepared in the following form and printed in capital letters in

14-point  12-point boldfaced type:

                         INITIATIVE PETITION

                    AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

                                 OR

                      INITIATION OF LEGISLATION

                                 OR

                      REFERENDUM OF LEGISLATION

                   PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION

     (3) The full text of the  amendment so proposed proposal

shall follow and be printed in 8-point type. If the proposal would

alter or abrogate an existing provision of the constitution, the

petition shall so state and the provisions to be altered or

abrogated shall be inserted, preceded by the words:

     "Provisions of existing constitution altered or abrogated by

the proposal if adopted.".

     (4) The following statement shall appear beneath the petition

heading:

     "We, the undersigned qualified and registered electors,

residents in the

city

township (strike 1) of .......... in the county of ..........,

state of Michigan, respectively petition for (amendment to

constitution) (initiation of legislation) (referendum of

legislation) (other appropriate description).".

     (5) The following warning shall be printed in 12-point type

immediately above the place for signatures, on each part of the

petition:

WARNING

     A person who knowingly signs this petition more than once,

signs a name other than his or her own, signs when not a qualified

and registered elector, or sets opposite his or her signature on a

petition, a date other than the actual date the signature was

affixed, is violating the provisions of the Michigan election law.

     (6) The remainder of the petition form shall be as provided

following the warning to electors signing the petition in section

544c(1). In addition, the petition shall comply with the

requirements of section 544c(2).