Section 15.521 – Short Title.

15.521 Short title. Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “legal defense fund act”. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008

Section 15.523 – Definitions.

15.523 Definitions. Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) “Contribution” means a payment, gift, subscription, assessment, expenditure, contract, payment for services, dues, advance, forbearance, loan, or donation of money or anything of ascertainable monetary value, or a transfer of anything of ascertainable monetary value to a person, made for or allocated to the purpose […]

Section 15.525 – Statement of Organization; Filing; Information; Amended Statement; Late Filing Fee; Failure to File Statement; Dissolution.

15.525 Statement of organization; filing; information; amended statement; late filing fee; failure to file statement; dissolution. Sec. 5. (1) An elected official who is the beneficiary of a legal defense fund shall file a statement of organization with the secretary of state within 10 days after the earlier of the date the legal defense fund […]

Section 15.527 – Transaction Report.

15.527 Transaction report. 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 file transaction reports according […]

Section 15.529 – Transaction Report; Late Filing Fee; Failure to File or Filing Incomplete Transaction Report as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

15.529 Transaction report; late filing fee; failure to file or filing incomplete transaction report as misdemeanor; penalty. 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 […]

Section 15.531 – Statement or Report; Availability; Reasonable Charge; Use for Commercial Purpose Prohibited; Preservation; Filing Fee; Determination of Compliance With Filing Requirements; Notice of Error or Omission; Corrections; Report of Uncorrected Error or Omission or Failure to File; Filing Date.

15.531 Statement or report; availability; reasonable charge; use for commercial purpose prohibited; preservation; filing fee; determination of compliance with filing requirements; notice of error or omission; corrections; report of uncorrected error or omission or failure to file; filing date. Sec. 11. (1) The secretary of state shall make a statement or report required to be […]

Section 15.533 – Contributions.

15.533 Contributions. 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 official’s governmental duties unless the contribution […]

Section 15.535 – Expenditures; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

15.535 Expenditures; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. 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 legal costs, which […]

Section 15.537 – Scope of Act; Applicability.

15.537 Scope of act; applicability. 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. History: […]

Section 15.539 – Rules; Declaratory Rulings.

15.539 Rules; declaratory rulings. 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. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008