Bill Text: MI HB4536 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Counties: charter; election of county executive in a charter county; modify election schedule to the presidential election years. Amends 1966 PA 293 (MCL 45.501 - 45.521) by adding sec. 14b.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-10 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/09/2023 [HB4536 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4536-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4536
A bill to amend 1966 PA 293, entitled
"An act to provide for the establishment of charter counties; to provide for the election of charter commissioners; to prescribe their powers and duties; to prohibit certain acts of a county board of commissioners after the approval of the election of a charter commission; to prescribe the mandatory and permissive provisions of a charter; to provide for the exercise by a charter county of certain powers whether or not authorized by its charter; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"
(MCL 45.501 to 45.521) by adding section 14b.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 14b. Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, if a county with a population of less than 1,000,000 elects a county executive under this act, both of the following apply:
(a) Beginning January 1, 2025, the existing elected office of county executive in that county is abolished and replaced with a new elected office of county executive as provided in subdivision (b).
(b) At the general November election in 2024 and every fourth year after 2024, a county executive who is a qualified elector in that county shall be elected at large on a partisan basis for a term of 4 years beginning on January 1 following the election.
