Michigan campaign finance rule R 168.317 establishes procedures for dissolving political committees by permitting disbursement of unexpended funds to charities or other committees, or sale of assets at fair market value.
Michigan Department of State requires independent expenditure committees with corporate, union, or sovereign contributors spending or receiving more than $500 annually to register, while those spending $100–$500 must file reports without registering.
The Department of State assigns identification numbers to campaign finance committees upon receipt of their organization statements and requires the number on all subsequent filings and related communications.
Michigan Department of State rule R 168.301 establishes campaign finance committee definitions including Act, Asset, Department, Formation, Third-party contribution platform, and Record keeper under state campaign finance law.
Campaign finance committees may establish petty cash funds for individual expenditures up to $50 with documented records included in regular reporting under Department of State rule R 168.376.
Appointed judges must form a candidate committee and file a statement of organization within 10 days of taking the oath of office, except those constitutionally or legally barred from seeking reelection.
Michigan administrative rule R 168.375 allows for-profit corporations to solicit specified employees of subsidiaries and labor organizations to solicit members of affiliated unions for campaign finance contributions through separate segregated funds.
Michigan Department of State regulation clarifies that security, legal, accounting, and post-election expenditures funded outside the state campaign fund do not count toward campaign spending limits.
Michigan Department of State Rule 168.372 permits campaign funds to cover childcare, eldercare, and security expenses directly tied to candidacy or officeholding, provided such expenditures are itemized in campaign finance reports.
Michigan Department of State rule R 168.367 establishes procedures for transferring unexpended campaign funds between state and local candidate committees of the same candidate, requiring contribution limits be maintained and acceptable accounting m…
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