§ § 10Legislators and state officers, government contracts, conflict of interest; annual

financial disclosure report.
 Sec. 10.
    (1) No member of the legislature nor any state officer shall be interested directly or
 indirectly in any contract with the state or any political subdivision thereof which shall cause a
 substantial conflict of interest.
    (2) By April 15, 2024, and by a date each year thereafter as prescribed by state law, each
 member of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, and the
 attorney general shall electronically file an annual financial disclosure report with the
 department of state that complies with this section. A report required to be filed under this
 section must include information regarding all of the following:
    (a) Description of assets and sources of unearned income.
    (b) Sources of earned income.
    (c) Description of liabilities.
    (d) Positions currently held as an officer, director, trustee, partner, proprietor, representative,
 employee, or consultant of any organization, corporation, firm, partnership, or other business
 enterprise, nonprofit organization, labor organization, or educational or other institution other
 than the state of Michigan. The positions required to be disclosed under this subdivision do not
 include positions held in any religious, social, fraternal, or political entity, or positions that are
 solely of an honorary nature.
    (e) Agreements or arrangements with respect to future employment, a leave of absence
 while serving as a legislator or state officer, continuation or deferral of payments by a former



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 or current employer other than the state of Michigan, or continuing participation in an
 employee welfare or benefit plan maintained by a former employer.
    (f) Gifts received and required to be reported by a lobbyist or lobbyist agent, as prescribed
 by state law.
    (g) Travel payments and reimbursements received and required to be reported by a lobbyist
 or lobbyist agent, as prescribed by state law.
    (h) Payments made by a lobbyist or lobbyist agent to a charity in lieu of honoraria.
    (3) The financial disclosure report required under subsection (2) must be filed with the
 department of state in a form and manner prescribed by state law. The department of state shall
 make the report available to the public online.
    (4) The legislature shall further implement this section by appropriate legislation.
 Legislation implementing this section must not limit or restrict the application of subsections
 (2) and (3).
    (5) If legislation implementing this section is not enacted by December 31, 2023, a resident
 of this state may initiate a legal action against the legislature and the governor in the Michigan
 supreme court to enforce the requirements of this section.