HOUSE BILL
No. 4661
May
11, 1999, Introduced
by
Reps. Ruth Johnson,
Gosselin,
Switalski, Pappageorge,
Bishop,
LaSata,
Godchaux,
Jacobs, Minore, Jansen and Jamnick and
referred to
the
Committee
on
Transportation.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 257, 258, 261, 262, 263, and 264
(MCL 168.257, 168.258, 168.261, 168.262, 168.263, and 168.264).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 257. If for any reason there is no candidate OR AN
2 INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CANDIDATES of a political party for THE
3 OFFICE OF county road commissioner, a blank space AN APPROPRI-
4 ATE NUMBER OF BLANK SPACES shall be provided on each of the offi-
5 cial primary ballots which THAT will afford every elector of
6 said THE party an opportunity to vote for a candidate OR
7 CANDIDATES for such THE office by writing in the name of his or
8 her selection OR SELECTIONS or by the use of a slip or paster.
9 Sec. 258. The candidate OR CANDIDATES of each political
10 party for the office of county road commissioner receiving the
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1 greatest number of votes cast for candidates for said THE
2 office, as set forth in the report of the board of county can-
3 vassers, based on the returns from the various election pre-
4 cincts, or as determined by said THAT board as the result of a
5 recount, shall be declared the nominee OR NOMINEES of that polit-
6 ical party for said THE office at the next ensuing November
7 election, and the board of county canvassers shall forthwith cer-
8 tify such nomination THE NOMINATION OR NOMINATIONS to the
9 county election commission.
10 Sec. 261. A county road commissioner SUBJECT TO SECTION 7
11 OF CHAPTER IV OF 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.7, 1 OR 2 COUNTY ROAD
12 COMMISSIONERS shall be elected at the general election to be held
13 on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in every
14 even numbered year.
15 Sec. 262. The board of county canvassers shall determine
16 which candidate OR CANDIDATES for THE OFFICE OF county road com-
17 missioner received the greatest number of votes and shall declare
18 such THE candidate OR CANDIDATES to be duly elected. The
19 said board OF COUNTY CANVASSERS shall forthwith make and
20 subscribe IMMEDIATELY CERTIFY ITS DETERMINATION on its statement
21 of returns a certificate of such determination and deliver the
22 same IT to the county clerk.
23 Sec. 263. The county clerk shall file in his OR HER office
24 and preserve the original statement and determination of the
25 board of county canvassers of the results of the election and
26 shall forthwith IMMEDIATELY execute and cause to be delivered
27 to the person thereby PERSONS declared to be elected to the
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1 office of county road commissioner a certificate of election,
2 certified by him THE COUNTY CLERK under the seal of the
3 county.
4 Sec. 264. (1) The EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2),
5 THE term of office for county road commissioner shall be 6 years,
6 beginning SHALL BEGIN on the first day of January next follow-
7 ing his OR HER election, and shall continue until a successor
8 shall have been IS elected and qualified.
9 (2) THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR A COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONER
10 ELECTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDATORY ACT THAT ADDED
11 THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE 4 YEARS.
12 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
13 effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____
14 (request no. 02503'99) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into
15 law.
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