state of michigan
100th Legislature
Regular session of 2020
Introduced by Reps. Hauck and Hernandez
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6118
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 624g (MCL 168.624g), as amended by 1990 PA 7.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 624g. (1) The state
shall reimburse each county, city, and township for the cost of conducting a
presidential primary election. The reimbursement must not exceed the verified account of actual costs of the
election.
(2) Payment must be made upon presentation and approval of a verified
account of actual costs to the department of treasury, local government audit
division, after the department of treasury and the secretary of state agree as
to what constitutes valid costs of conducting an election. Reimbursable costs
do not include salaries of permanent local officials, the cost of reusable supplies and equipment, or costs attributable to local special elections held
in conjunction with the presidential primary. The state shall disapprove costs
not in compliance with this section.
(3) The legislature shall
appropriate from the general fund of this state
an amount necessary to implement this section.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, to qualify for reimbursement, a county, city, or township
must submit its verified account of
actual costs no later than 90 days after the date of the presidential primary.
To qualify for reimbursement for the March 10, 2020 presidential primary, a
county, city, or township must submit its verified account of actual costs no
later than September 30, 2020.
(5) Not later than 90
days after the state receives a verified account of actual costs, the state
shall pay or disapprove the verified account.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor