Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.252a (2026)

Contribution to house political party caucus committee or senate political party caucus committee; limitation; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.

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MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE ACT


Act 388 of 1976


169.252a Contribution to house political party caucus committee or senate political party caucus committee; limitation; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.

Sec. 52a.

    (1) Subject to section 46, a person shall not make contributions to a house political party caucus committee or a senate political party caucus committee that exceed $40,000.00 in a calendar year. A house political party caucus committee or a senate political party caucus committee or a treasurer or agent of the committee shall not accept a contribution with respect to a 2-year election cycle that exceeds the limitation in this section.

    (2) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable, if the person is an individual, by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, or, if the person is not an individual, by a fine of not more than $10,000.00.

History: Add. 1995, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 252, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2013

Compiler's Notes:

    Section 2 of Act 264 of 1995 provides:

    “If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstance is found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity does not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if those remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable. To this end, this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2011 · leading case: Michigan Educ. Ass'n v. Sec'y of State, 489 Mich. 194 (Mich. 2010).
Michigan Educ. Ass'n v. Sec'y of State, 489 Mich. 194 (Mich. 2010). “252 and MCL 169.252a by transferring money to other entities and then directing those entities to make “contributions” or directing another entity to use its own resources to make a “contribution.”
Michigan Educ. Ass'n v. Sec'y of State (Mich. 2011). “252 and MCL 169.252a by transferring money to other entities and then directing those entities to make “contributions” or directing another entity to use its own resources to make a “contribution.”
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