HOUSE BILL No. 4054


     January 27, 1999, Introduced by Rep. Callahan and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 176 (MCL 168.176).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 176.  (1) The office of state senator or representative

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      shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following

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      events, before the expiration of the term of  such  THE office:

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           (A) The death of the incumbent.  ; his 

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           (B) HIS OR HER resignation.  ; his 

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           (C) HIS OR HER removal from office.  ; his 

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           (D) HIS OR HER ceasing to be an inhabitant of the district

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       for  FROM which he  shall have been  OR SHE WAS elected.
    ; the 

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           (E) THE decision of a competent tribunal declaring void his

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      OR HER election or appointment.  ; or his 




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           (F) HIS OR HER refusal or neglect to take and subscribe to

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      his OR HER oath of office.

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           (G) THE EXPIRATION OF 7 DAYS AFTER THE STATE SENATOR OR

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      STATE REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS BEING ELECTED TO AN

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      OFFICE IN THE OPPOSITE CHAMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.

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           (2) Regardless of any change in the boundaries of any state

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      senatorial or representative district, an incumbent state senator

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      or representative shall continue to represent the district from

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      which he OR SHE was elected until his OR HER current term of

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      office  shall expire  EXPIRES or his OR HER successor is elected

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      and qualified.


































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