Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
[email protected]  
REQUEST FOR RULEMAKING (RFR)  
1. Department:  
State  
2. Bureau:  
Elections & Campaign Finance  
3. Promulgation type:  
MCL 24.244 (1)  
4. Title of proposed rule set:  
Campaign Financing  
5. Rule numbers or rule set range of numbers:  
R 169.1 - R 169.65  
6. Estimated time frame:  
6 months  
Name of person filling out RFR:  
Alessa Boes  
E-mail of person filling out RFR:  
BoesA@michigan.gov  
Phone number of person filling out RFR:  
517-599-3410  
Address of person filling out RFR:  
430 W. Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48918  
7. Describe the general purpose of these rules, including any problems the changes are intended  
to address.  
The purpose of these rules is to regulate campaign finance. The specific purpose of the rules that  
are the subject of this RFR is to regulate the state campaign fund and campaign finance complaints  
and investigations. The amendment to these rules seeks to rescind all the rules in Part 4 and Part 5  
of the current Campaign Financing rule set and split them into two additional new rule sets – one  
addressing the state campaign fund and campaign finance complaints and investigations. These  
two additional new rule sets will be added in two separate, full rulemaking transactions. The  
overall goal of this effort is to modernize the department's campaign finance rules and to make  
them easier to navigate by splitting them into rule sets addressing discrete topics.  
8. Please cite the specific promulgation authority for the rules (i.e. department director,  
commission, board, etc.).  
The secretary of state. MCL 169.215.  
A. Please list all applicable statutory references (MCLs, Executive Orders, etc.).  
MCL 169.215 (general authority)  
B. Are the rules mandated by any applicable constitutional or statutory provision? If so, please  
explain.  
Yes, MCL 169.215(1) provides: The secretary of state shall do all of the following: (e) Promulgate  
rules and issue declaratory rulings to implement this act in accordance with the administrative  
procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.  
MCL 24.239  
RFR-Page 2  
9. Please describe the extent to which the rules conflict with or duplicate similar rules,  
compliance requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
The rules do not conflict with or duplicate similar rules, compliance requirements, or other  
standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
10. Is the subject matter of the rules currently contained in any guideline, handbook, manual,  
instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda?  
Yes, the state campaign fund and campaign finance complaints and investigations are addressed in  
department manuals, instructions, and forms as well as operational memoranda.  
11. Are the rules listed on the department’s annual regulatory plan as rules to be processed  
for the current year?  
No.  
12. Will the proposed rules be promulgated under Section 44 of the Administrative Procedures  
Act, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.244, or under the full rulemaking process?  
MCL 24.244 (1)  
A. Explain why the rules are being promulgated under 24.244.  
The purpose of this rulemaking transaction is to rescind part 4 and part 5 of the existing campaign  
financing rules because those parts are being promulgated as new, standalone rulesets in separate  
transactions; specifically, in 2026-10 ST and 2026-11 ST. Part 4 and Part 5 need to be rescinded  
from this existing rule set because the rules in Part 4 and Part 5 will be obsolete when the new,  
updated standalone rule sets are promulgated.  
Based on the information provided in this RFR, MOAHR concludes that there are sufficient  
policy and legal bases for approving the RFR. The RFR satisfies the requirements of the  
Administrative Procedures Act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, and Executive  
Order No. 2019-6.  
MCL 24.239  
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