Elections: campaign practices; individual circulating a petition; prohibit from being paid for each petition signature collected, and require petition circulators to be paid an hourly wage. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding secs. 483b, 544g, 590i & 957a.

SB 529 prohibits paying individuals who collect signatures for election petitions a fixed amount per signature or per completed petition sheet. Instead, it requires petition circulators to be paid an hourly wage for their work. This law directly affects people employed to gather signatures for campaign petitions, nominating petitions, qualifying petitions, or recall petitions in Michigan. The bill amends Michigan's election law to ensure circulators are compensated based on time worked, not the number of signatures collected.