Act No. 84

Public Acts of 2013

Approved by the Governor

June 27, 2013

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 28, 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 2013

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

Introduced by Reps. Lyons, Crawford, Denby, Hooker, Kivela, Lori, MacGregor, Muxlow, Rogers, Schor, Singh, VerHeulen, Victory and Yonker

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4307

AN ACT to amend 1966 PA 261, entitled “An act to provide for the apportionment of county boards of commissioners; to prescribe the size of the board; to provide for appeals; to prescribe the manner of election of the members of the county board of commissioners; to provide for compensation of members; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 12 (MCL 46.412), as amended by 1982 PA 504, and by adding section 13.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 12. (1) When a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner by death, resignation, removal from the district, or removal from office, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment within 30 days by the county board of commissioners of a resident and registered voter of that district. A person who has been convicted of a violation of section 12a(1) of 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.412a, shall not be eligible for appointment to the office of county commissioner for a period of 20 years after conviction. Subject to subsection (2), the person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(2) A special election scheduled for August 6, 2013 by a county board of commissioners to fill a vacancy in the office of commissioner that occurred in 2013 before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection shall be held, and the person elected at the special election held on August 6, 2013 to fill the vacancy in the office of commissioner shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Sec. 13. (1) If the county board of commissioners does not fill a vacancy in the office of commissioner as provided in section 12 within 30 days, that vacancy shall be filled by a special election. The special election shall be called by the county board of commissioners.

(2) The person elected at the special election to fill the vacancy in the office of commissioner shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor