Title 15, PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Sec. 7. (1) From the earlier of the date that a legal defense fund receives its first contribution or makes its first expenditure of a contribution until the date the elected official files a statement of dissolution under section 5, the treasurer of a legal defense fund shall fi…

Sec. 9. (1) If a report required by section 7 is filed late, the legal defense fund or the elected official shall pay a late filing fee. If the legal defense fund has received contributions of $10,000.00 or less during the previous 2 years, the late filing fee shall be $25.00 for…

Sec. 11. (1) The secretary of state shall make a statement or report required to be filed under this act available for public inspection and reproduction, as soon as practicable, but not later than the third business day following the day on which it is received, during regular b…

Sec. 13. (1) An elected official, or a person on behalf of an elected official, shall not solicit or accept a contribution for the purpose of defending the elected official in a criminal, civil, or administrative action that arises directly out of the conduct of the elected offic…

Sec. 15. (1) Except for expenditures upon dissolution that are made as prescribed in section 5 or as provided for an anonymous contribution under section 13, a person shall make expenditures from a legal defense fund only for administration of the fund, attorney fees, or related …

Sec. 17. This act applies to any contribution made, received, or expended after the effective date of this act and to any contribution received before the effective date of this act that has not been returned to the contributor within 90 days after the effective date of this act.

Sec. 19. The secretary of state may promulgate rules to implement this act and may issue declaratory rulings pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employee domestic partner benefit restriction act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Medical benefits" means medical, optical, or dental benefits, including, but not limited to, hospital and physician services, prescription drugs, and related benefits. (b) "Public employee" means a person holding a position by appointment or empl…

Sec. 3. (1) A public employer shall not provide medical benefits or other fringe benefits for an individual currently residing in the same residence as a public employee, if the individual is not 1 or more of the following: (a) Married to the employee. (b) A dependent of the empl…

Sec. 4. If a collective bargaining agreement or other contract that is inconsistent with section 3 is in effect for a public employee on the effective date of this act, section 3 does not apply to that group of employees until the collective bargaining agreement or other contract…

Sec. 5. The requirements of section 3 apply to all public employees to the greatest extent consistent with constitutionally allocated powers.

Sec. 1. Whenever a bond is required by the laws of this state to be given by the secretary of state, state treasurer, director of the department of natural resources, attorney general, or superintendent of public instruction, the deputy or deputies of those officers, any other ci…

Sec. 2. The various bonds referred to in section 1 shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, any requirement in any other statute of this state to the contrary notwithstanding. However, the bond required to be furnished by the secretary of state, his or her deputy, …

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Public servant" includes all persons serving any public entity, except members of the legislature and state officers who are within the provisions of section 10 of article 4 of the state constitution as implemented by legislative act. (b) "Public…

Sec. 2. (1) Except as provided in sections 3 and 3a, a public servant shall not be a party, directly or indirectly, to any contract between himself or herself and the public entity of which he or she is an officer or employee. (2) Except as provided in section 3, a public servant…

Sec. 3. (1) Section 2 does not apply to either of the following: (a) A public servant who is paid for working an average of 25 hours per week or less for a public entity. (b) A public servant who is an employee of a public community college, junior college, or state college or un…

Sec. 3a. Section 2 shall not be construed to do any of the following: (a) Prohibit public servants of a city, village, township, or county with a population of less than 25,000 from serving, with or without compensation, as emergency medical services personnel as defined in secti…

Sec. 4. (1) The prohibitions of section 2 shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Contracts between public entities. (b) Contracts awarded to the lowest qualified bidder, other than a public servant, upon receipt of sealed bids pursuant to a published notice. Except as autho…

Sec. 5. (1) This act is aimed to prevent public servants from engaging in certain activities and is not intended to penalize innocent persons. Therefore, no contract shall be absolutely void by reason of this act. Contracts involving prohibited activities on the part of public se…

Sec. 6. If any public entity has, prior to the effective date of this act, entered into any contract under which moneys, goods, materials, labor or services have been actually received by the public entity, which was void or voidable under any act, charter or rule of law because …

Sec. 7. Any person violating the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 8. It is the intention that this act shall constitute the sole law in this state and shall supersede all other acts in respect to conflicts of interest relative to public contracts, involving public servants other than members of the legislature and state officers, including…

Sec. 9. The following acts and parts of acts are repealed: Year of act Public Act No. Section numbers Compiled Law sections (1948) 1895 3 6 of chapter 5 65.6 1895 215 16 of chapter 8 88.16 1931 328 122 750.122 1955 269 969 340.969 1966 317 15.161 to 15.172

Sec. 10. This act shall take effect September 1, 1968.

Sec. 1. This statute is enacted for the purpose of implementing the provisions of section 10 of article 4 of the constitution. Therefore, this act shall be taken into consideration in determining the construction and effect to be given the constitutional section, insofar as the s…

Sec. 2. No member of the legislature, herein referred to as a "legislator", nor any state officer shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the state or any political subdivision thereof which shall cause a substantial conflict of interest.

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) The term "state officer" means only a person occupying one of the following offices established by the constitution: governor; lieutenant governor; secretary of state; state treasurer; attorney general; auditor general; superintendent of public in…

Sec. 4. (1) As used in section 2, "interested" means a pecuniary interest. (2) If there is a conflict of interest on the part of a legislator or state officer in respect to a contract with the state or a political subdivision of the state, to be prohibited by this act his or her …

Sec. 4a. In addition to the cases set forth in section 4, there shall not be deemed to be a conflict of interest with respect to a contract arising out of the status of being a student at an institution of higher education granting baccalaureate degrees or an institution establis…

Sec. 5. (1) This act, following the evident intent of section 10 of article 4 of the constitution, is aimed to prevent legislators and state officers from engaging in certain activities under circumstances creating a substantial conflict of interest and is not intended to penaliz…

Sec. 6. If the state or any political subdivision thereof has, prior to the effective date of this act, entered into any contract under which moneys, goods, materials, labor or services, have been actually received by the state or the political subdivision, which was void or void…

Sec. 7. There is created a special committee of the legislature on conflict of interest (herein referred to as the committee) to consist of 3 members of the senate and 3 members of the house of representatives, at least 1 of whom from each house shall be a member of the minority …

Sec. 8. Any state officer willfully violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action by the governor if he is an administrative officer of the state or if he be a judicial officer of the state, then by the governor on a concurrent resolutio…

Sec. 9. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, it being the intention hereof that the provisions of said section 10 of article 4 of the constitution as implemented by this act, shall constitute the sole law in respect to conflicts of interest involvi…

Section 10. This act shall take effect September 1, 1968.

Sec. 1. The state officers' compensation commission created by section 12 of article 4 of the state constitution of 1963 is assigned to the department of civil service for the purposes of administration, budgeting, procurement, and related management functions. For members appoin…

Sec. 2. As used in the constitution "each 2 years" means periods ending on December 31 of each even numbered year. As used in this act, "session days" means any calendar day on which the commission meets and a quorum is present.

Sec. 3. The commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days beginning after January 31 of every odd numbered year. Four members of the commission constitute a quorum for conducting the business of the commission. The commission shall not take action or make determinations…

Sec. 4. The commission may call upon the services and personnel of any agency of the state for assistance.

Sec. 5. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to be paid from the appropriation made to the department of civil service.

Sec. 6. The commission shall determine the salaries and expense allowance of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the justices of the supreme court, and the members of the legislature and file its determinations with the clerk of th…

Sec. 7. The determinations of the commission shall be the salaries and expense allowances only if the legislature by concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature approve them. The senate and house of representa…

Sec. 8. This act shall take effect September 20, 1968.

Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "electronic open access to government act". (2) By January 1, 2018, the department of technology, management, and budget shall include links on this state's website to function and contact information for each executive …

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employee compensation disclosure act".