Bill Text: MI SB0130 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections; school; canvass of school district elections when school district lies in more than 1 county; amend. Amends sec. 307 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.307). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0129'09, SB 0455'09

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-27 - Assigned Pa 0055'10 With Immediate Effect [SB0130 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0130-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 130

 

 

January 28, 2009, Introduced by Senators BROWN, BIRKHOLZ, JANSEN, RICHARDVILLE, PAPPAGEORGE and HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

by amending section 307 (MCL 168.307), as added by 2003 PA 302.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 307. (1) The appropriate board of canvassers as

 

prescribed in section 24a or 30a shall canvass the votes for

 

candidates for school board member and votes for and against a

 

ballot question at a regular or special election in each school

 

district. That number of candidates equal to the number of

 

individuals to be elected who receive the greatest number of votes

 

cast at the election, as set forth in the report of the board of

 

canvassers canvassing the votes, based upon the returns from the

 

election precincts or as determined by the board of canvassers as a

 

result of a recount, are elected to the office of school board

 

member. Upon Except as otherwise provided in section 24a(4), upon

 

completion of the canvass, the board of canvassers shall make a

 

statement of returns and certify the election of school board

 

members to the secretary of the school board, the county clerk,

 

and, if other than the county clerk, the school district election

 

coordinator.

 

     (2) The votes cast for a candidate for school board member or

 

on a ballot question submitted to the electors at a school election

 

are subject to recount as provided in chapter XXXIII. An individual

 

elected to the office of school board member is subject to recall

 

as provided in chapter XXXVI and in section 8 of article II of the

 

state constitution of 1963.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 129                                    

 

            of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.