Bill Text: MI SB0130 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
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-Engrossed.html
SB-0130, As Passed Senate, April 30, 2009
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 130
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 all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 129.
(b) Senate Bill No. 455.