<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>My State Rep provided this information that I thought would be of interest to everyone. It now moves on to the Michigan Senate. <br><br><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Christine Lind Hage</span><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">2016 Candidate for President Elect of </span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">the American Library Association </span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Library Director, Rochester Hills Public Library<br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/0">500 Olde Towne Road</a><br><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1/0">Rochester, MI 48307-2043</a><br><a href="tel:248/650-7122">248/650-7122</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Raising a reader is: Talking * Singing * Reading * writing * Playing </div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Rep. Michael Webber (District 45)" <<a href="mailto:MichaelWebber@house.mi.gov">MichaelWebber@house.mi.gov</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 25, 2016 at 2:20:38 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:christine.hage@rhpl.org">christine.hage@rhpl.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:christine.hage@rhpl.org">christine.hage@rhpl.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>House Bill 5219</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:27.7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">The House of Representatives passed House Bill 5219, which is meant to bring clarification for Senate Bill 571 from
last year. HB 5219 clarifies that the restriction on using public resources to reference a local ballot question only applies to radio or television advertisements, rather than any communication over television or radio. As a result, public resources would
be restricted for the following types of communications: mass mailings, prerecorded telephone messages, radio advertisements, television advertisements. The bill also makes clear that the restriction on the use of public resources to reference a local ballot
question does not cover meetings of a public body. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:27.7pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Additionally, the bill deletes the 60 day timeframe and provides that the restriction on using public resources would
not preclude an informative communication that consists of any of the following:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">The language of a local ballot question;
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">The date of an election;
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#002060"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Factual and strictly neutral information concerning the direct impact of a local ballot question on a public body or the electorate, except if the communication
can reasonably be interpreted as an attempt to influence the outcome of a local ballot question.
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