{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-4.413","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.413","heading":"Additional definitions.","body":"Sec. 3.\n\n\"Department\" means the department of state.\n\n\"Expenditure\" means an advance, compensation for labor, honorarium, conveyance, deposit, distribution, transfer of funds, loan, payment, pledge, or subscription of money or anything of value including a contract, agreement, promise, or other obligation, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure. Expenditure does not include the payment of a membership fee otherwise reported pursuant to section 8(1)(d) or the cost of travel to visit and return from visiting a public official for the purpose of communicating with the public official.\n\n\"Financial transaction\" means a loan, purchase, sale, or other type of transfer or exchange of money, goods, other property, or services for value.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 4","Act Act-472-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-4-413","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"c91dea31bdcd5b4c67005000dbdf46713ca3f79a8b93b108a65160512d95b039","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-4.412","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-4.414"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}