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File #: 15-3819    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Communication or Report Status: New Business
File created: 10/25/2016 In control: Internal Operations Standing Committee
On agenda: 9/7/2016 Final action:
Title: Submitting report relative to Non-Enforcement of PA 269 Political Official “Gag Order.” (As previously stated verbally by the Legislative Policy Division, that statute has effectively been rendered unenforceable via judicial intervention. Under current law, elected officials in Michigan are free to comment on such issues - as long as they do not directly and improperly use public taxpayer-funds to advocate a particular result.) (REFERRED TO THE INTERNAL OPERATIONS STANDING COMMITTEE ON 9-7-16)
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Submitting report relative to Non-Enforcement of PA 269 Political Official “Gag Order.” (As previously stated verbally by the Legislative Policy Division, that statute has effectively been rendered unenforceable via judicial intervention. Under current law, elected officials in Michigan are free to comment on such issues - as long as they do not directly and improperly use public taxpayer-funds to advocate a particular result.) (REFERRED TO THE INTERNAL OPERATIONS STANDING COMMITTEE ON 9-7-16)

 

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