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Sec. 848.
    (1) Each elected candidate subject to the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388,
 MCL 169.201 to 169.282, and whose candidate committee received or expended more than
 $1,000.00 during the election cycle shall file a postelection statement with the filing official
 designated to receive the elected candidate's candidate committee campaign statements under
 section 36 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.236. All of the
 following apply to a postelection statement required by this section:
    (a) The postelection statement must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.
    (b) The elected candidate shall file the postelection statement before the elected candidate
 assumes office.
    (c) The postelection statement shall include an attestation signed by the elected candidate
 that, as of the date of the postelection statement, all statements, reports, late filing fees, and
 fines required of the candidate or a candidate committee organized to support the candidate's
 election under the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282,
 have been filed or paid.
    (d) The postelection statement shall include an attestation signed by the elected candidate
 acknowledging that making a false statement in a postelection statement is punishable by a
 fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
    (2) Failure to file a postelection statement as required by subsection (1) is a misdemeanor
 punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or
 both.



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   (3) Making a false statement in a postelection statement required under subsection (1) is
 perjury, punishable as provided in section 936.