Bill Text: MI HB5010 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Townships: employees and officers; election provisions regarding township officers; revise. Amends sec. 362 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.362). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5012'19, HB 5011'19, HB 5013'19, HB 5018'19
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-25 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/25/2019 [HB5010 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5010-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5010
September 24, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Marino,
Hornberger, Paquette and Yaroch and referred to the Committee on Elections
and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 362 (MCL 168.362), as amended by 1980 PA 112.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 362. (1) The term of office of township trustees elected in 1978 shall be 2 years. The term of office of all township officers listed in section 358 shall be is 4 years beginning in the 1980 general election, and in all subsequent elections at which township officials are elected. All township officers' terms shall commence at 12 noon on November 20 next following their election and they shall must qualify before assuming the duties of their office. Each township officer shall hold holds office until a successor is elected and qualified, but not beyond January 1 following the election. Failure of an elected township official to qualify by January 1 following the official's election shall create creates a vacancy which shall that must be filled as provided in section 370 or 370a, as applicable. All elective township officers , other than those listed in section 358, shall must be elected at the November election immediately preceding the expiration of their term and shall must commence the duties of their office on November 20 but not before they qualify following their election.
(2) A township officer elected in the general election shall remain in office for the full term if the officer failed to take the oath of office within the time prescribed by law and was subsequently appointed by the township board to the office for which the officer ran, but the officer must take the oath of office before executing any of the duties of that office.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 2, 2021.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5012(request no. 03220'19 *).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5011 (request no. 03220'19 a *).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5013 (request no. 03946'19).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5018 (request no. 03947'19).
