STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Reps. Drolet, Gosselin, Garfield, Hoogendyk, Sheen and Ward

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4328

AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act," by amending section 482 (MCL 168.482), as amended by 1998 PA 142.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 482. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each petition sheet under this section shall be 8-1/2inches 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 proposal to be submitted 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 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 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).

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 31, 2008.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor