LANSING, MI -- Less than 24 hours after the Senate moved to send two campaign finance bills that expand on the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission court ruling, Gov. Rick Snyder signed the legislation, making it into law.

Senate bills 335 and 336 define and allow for independent expenditure committees like Super PACs. They allow candidates to solicit unlimited contributions to Super PACs and allow candidates to use the same vendors as Super PACs, but prohibit coordination between the two.

"The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on this issue more than seven years ago, and still there has been confusion about how this decision affects Michigan law," Snyder said in a statement.

"Under the bills signed into law today, the Department of State finally has clear statutory authority to regulate independent expenditure committees, to mandate registration and reporting of contributions and expenditures, and to investigate and punish entities violating those regulations."

The bills passed the full House yesterday over opposition from Democrats.