SENATE BILL NO. 766


   September 29, 1999, Introduced by Senator BENNETT and referred 
        to the Committee on Education.



        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   by amending section 1104 (MCL 380.1104), as amended by 1995 PA

   289.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1104.  (1) If less than a majority of the offices of a

 2    school district  becomes  BECOME vacant, the
             remaining members of

 3    the board shall fill the vacancy immediately.

 4         (2) If a vacancy is not filled within  20  30
             days after it

 5    occurs, the intermediate school board shall fill the vacancy by

 6    appointment.

 7         (3) If a majority of the offices are vacant at the same

 8    time, the remaining member or members of the board shall

 9    immediately call a special election of the school district to

10    fill the vacancies.  If the election is not called by the


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 1    remaining member or members of the board within  20
              30 days

 2    after  the happening of  the vacancies OCCUR, or if
             all offices

 3    of the members of the board are vacant, the intermediate superin-

 4    tendent shall call a special election of the school district to

 5    fill the existing vacancies for unexpired portions of the respec-

 6    tive terms.  The special election shall be held  on a date

 7     approved by the county election scheduling committee under
                       sec-

 8     tion 639 of the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the
                       Public

 9     Acts of 1954, being section 168.639 of the Michigan Compiled

10     Laws  AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS ACT AND THE MICHIGAN
                       ELECTION LAW,

11    1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992.

12         (4) A person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy on the

13    board shall file an acceptance of office and qualify under sec-

14    tion 1102, and shall hold office until the next regular school

15    election when the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of

16    the unexpired term.

























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