Bill Text: MI HB5052 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections; other; filling vacancy in office of county auditor; clarify under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 5 of 1913 PA 275 (MCL 47.5). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5072'17, HB 5084'17, HB 5114'17, HB 5131'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-15 - Assigned Pa 223'18 With Immediate Effect [HB5052 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5052-Chaptered.html
Act No. 223
Public Acts of 2018
Approved by the Governor
June 25, 2018
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 26, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: Pending
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Reps. Jones and Marino
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5052
AN ACT to amend 1913 PA 275, entitled “An act to authorize the boards of supervisors of counties to create a board of county auditors, appoint such officers, and prescribe their powers, duties and compensation,” by amending section 5 (MCL 47.5).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 5. The board of commissioners of any county may appoint a board of county auditors of not to exceed 3 members, 1 of whom the county board of commissioners shall designate as chairperson of the board of county auditors. If the board of county auditors consists of 1 individual, that individual must be appointed for a term of 1 year. If the board consists of 2 individuals, 1 must be appointed for a term of 1 year and 1 must be appointed for a term of 2 years. If the board consists of 3 individuals, 1 must be appointed for a term of 1 year, 1 must be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 1 must be appointed for a term of 3 years. The term of office of each of these members begins on the following January 1. At each October session of the county board of commissioners before the expiration of the term of office of each of the individual members of the board, a successor must be appointed by the county board of commissioners for a term of 3 years from the following January 1. Every person appointed shall hold for the term of office indicated and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. A person shall not be considered appointed as a member of the board of county auditors who does not receive a majority vote of all the members of the county board of commissioners. If a vacancy occurs in the board of county auditors, the vacancy must be filled by the county board of commissioners, and the appointment is for the unexpired term of the vacancy filled. A person holding any office either elective or appointive under any county adopting this act, or any of the townships of the county, or of this state, and a person not an elector of the county, is not eligible to hold the office of county auditor. No more than 2 members of any board of county auditors shall be affiliated with the same political party.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 5072.
(b) House Bill No. 5084.
(c) House Bill No. 5114.
(d) House Bill No. 5131.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
