Bill Text: MI HB6063 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections; recall; time to submit recall petition to the board of state canvassers or the board of county election commissioners; provide for. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.952 - 168.992) by adding sec. 952b.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-27 - Assigned Pa 418'12 With Immediate Effect [HB6063 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB6063-Chaptered.html
Act No. 418
Public Acts of 2012
Approved by the Governor
December 20, 2012
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 20, 2012
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2012
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Reps. Haugh, LaFontaine, Forlini, Lane, Goike, Farrington and Liss
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6063
AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” (MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 952b.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 952b. A petition for the recall of an officer shall not be submitted to the board of state canvassers under section 951a or the board of county election commissioners under section 952 to determine if the petition is factual and of sufficient clarity until the officer has actually performed the duties of the office to which elected for a period of 6 months during the current term of that office. In addition, a petition for the recall of an officer shall not be submitted to the board of state canvassers under section 951a or the board of county election commissioners under section 952 to determine if the petition is factual and of sufficient clarity during the last 6 months of the officer’s term of office.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
