Governor Rick Snyder will decide whether to set the statute of limitations for campaign finance crimes at five years. That would mean that prosecutors must file charges against someone who violates the Campaign Finance Act within five years of the crime.
Opponents say that’s not long enough – and lawmakers shouldn’t put a time frame on a crime specific to their profession.
But Republican Representative Aaron Miller disagrees.
“I think it provides more than adequate time to stage, or, well, to refer charges to an attorney general in this case and for their an investigation to be charged criminally,” Miller said.
Miller says this puts the statute of limitations in line with how long the secretary of state’s office keeps records.
