Michigan Laws 15.529 – Transaction report; late filing fee; failure to file or filing incomplete transaction report as misdemeanor; penalty
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 15.529
- Elected official: means an individual who holds an elective office in state or local government in this state. See Michigan Laws 15.523
- Legal defense fund: means all contributions received, held, or expended for the legal defense of an elected official. See Michigan Laws 15.523
- Treasurer: means the individual designated as responsible for a legal defense fund's record keeping, report preparation, or report filing or, in the absence of such an individual, the elected official who is the beneficiary of the legal defense fund. See Michigan Laws 15.523
(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 each business day the report remains unfiled, but not to exceed $500.00. If the legal defense fund has received contributions of more than $10,000.00 during the previous 2 years, the late filing fee shall be determined as follows, but shall not exceed $1,000.00:
(a) Twenty-five dollars for each business day the report remains unfiled.
(b) An additional $25.00 for each business day after the first 3 business days the report remains unfiled.
(c) An additional $50.00 for each business day after the first 10 business days the report remains unfiled.
(2) A treasurer who fails to file 2 transaction reports required by section 7, if both of the reports remain unfiled for more than 30 days, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(3) A treasurer who knowingly files an incomplete transaction report is subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00.