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 was to regulate officeholder’s expense funds, which are no longer  
contemplated by the Michigan Campaign Finance Act (MCFA). This rulemaking request seeks to  
repeal the rules regarding officeholder expense funds because 1999 PA 224, effective March 10,  
2000, repealed the section of the MCFA that pertained to the officeholder expense fund. Thus,  
these rules are obsolete and no longer needed.  
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?  
No, the proposed rulemaking action is to rescind rules about officeholder expense funds which are  
no longer a type of fund recognized under Michigan law. No other guideline, handbook, manual,  
instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda discusses officeholder  
expense funds because they no longer exist.  
11. Are the rules listed on the department’s annual regulatory plan as rules to be processed  
for the current year?  
The rules are not listed as rules to be “processed” (item 1) in the department’s annual regulatory  
plan, but they are listed as rules that are obsolete that can be rescinded on the department’s annual  
regulatory plan in item number 2.  
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 6 of the existing campaign financing  
rules because those rules are now obsolete as they address officeholder epense funds, which is no  
longer recognized in the MCFA.  
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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