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Elections administration, including the Election Inspector's Guide; absentee voting; and the Michigan Qualified Voter File.
Find information about the Board of State Canvassers and its meeting notices.
Title and registration requirements; special titles; name changes; address changes; license plate fees; insurance requirements; new Michigan residents; lost titles; lost license plates; and deceased vehicle owners.
Disability parking and placard information, disability parking, disability plate, disabled parking permit, and wheelchair.
Recreational vehicles such as snowmobiles, watercraft, ORVs, and trailers.
Operating requirements for agricultural vehicles on public roads - lighting, slow-moving vehicle emblems, and more.
The International Registration Plan (IRP) - a program for registering and licensing of commercial vehicles in interstate operations among member jurisdictions (states or provinces).
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) online service for customers filing financial statements and liens through the Secretary of State.
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The Michigan Lobby Registration Act, Public Act 472 of 1978, was enacted in order to provide public disclosure of the activities of persons who attempt to influence the actions of state level public officials. Under Section 6(1) of the Act, a person is defined as "a business, individual, proprietorship, firm, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor organization, company, corporation, association, committee, or any other organization or group of persons acting jointly, including a state agency or a political subdivision of the state." The Lobby Act does not function as a licensing requirement for persons who intend to lobby public officials. The Lobby Act does require persons, who make expenditures or receive compensation or reimbursement for lobbying activities in excess of thresholds, specified under the Act, to register and report as lobbyists or lobbyist agents with the Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections.
Lobbying is defined as any direct contact with a lobbyable public official, whether face-to-face, by telephone, letter, electronic media, or any other means, the purpose of which is to influence the official's legislative or administrative actions.
Lobbyable Public Officials are specified under Section (5) of the Act. Officials in the executive branch are specified under Section 5(9). Officials in the legislative branch are specified under Section 5(10). Lobbyable public officials are essentially those persons, defined under statute, who may use personal discretion in deciding whether or not to engage in some type of legislative or administrative action. Lobbyable Public Officials are defined in the following sections of the Michigan Lobby Registration Act.
(9) "Official in the executive branch" means the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general; or an individual who is in the executive branch of state government and not under civil service; a classified director, chief deputy director, or deputy director of a state department. This includes an individual who is elected or appointed and has not yet taken, or an individual who is nominated for appointment to, any of the offices or agencies enumerated in this subsection. An official in the executive branch does not include a person serving in a clerical, non-policy-making, or non-administrative capacity.
(10) "Official in the legislative branch" means a member of the legislature, the auditor general, the deputy auditor general, an employee of the consumer's council, the director of the legislative retirement system, or any other employee of the legislature other than an individual employed by the state in a clerical or non-policy-making capacity.
Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State
Aghogho Edevbie, Deputy Secretary of State
Jackie Venton, Chief Operating Officer
Tina Anderson, Chief of Staff
Khyla Craine, Chief Legal Director
Jonathan Brater, Bureau of Elections Director
Officials in the executive branch are specified under Section 5(9) and include the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general; or an individual who is in the executive branch of state government and not under civil service; a classified director, chief deputy director, or deputy director of a state department and certain other officers and commissions within each department.
Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Michigan Department of Corrections
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy
Michigan Department of Insurance & Financial Services
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO)
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Officials in the legislative branch are specified under Section 5(10) and include a member of the legislature (state representatives and state senators), the auditor general, the deputy auditor general and the director of the legislative retirement system.
Presidents of the following universities are public officials.
