SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION G


   February 4, 1999, Introduced by Senators SIKKEMA, HAMMERSTROM,
        BENNETT, HOFFMAN, SCHUETTE, GOUGEON, MC MANUS, DUNASKISS,
        SCHWARZ and BULLARD and referred to the Committee on 
        Government Operations.



        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 21 of article V, to pro-

   vide for the filling of the office of lieutenant governor upon a

   vacancy.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to provide for the filling of the office of

   lieutenant governor upon a vacancy, is proposed, agreed to, and

   submitted to the people of the state:

 1                                ARTICLE V

 2         Sec. 21.  The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of

 3    state and attorney general shall be elected for four-year terms

 4    at the general election in each alternate even-numbered year.

 5         The lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney

 6    general shall be nominated by party conventions in a manner


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 1    prescribed by law.  In the general election one vote shall be

 2    cast jointly for the candidates for governor and lieutenant gov-

 3    ernor nominated by the same party.

 4         A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL BE

 5    FILLED BY APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR. Vacancies in the office of

 6    the secretary of state and attorney general shall be filled by

 7    appointment by the governor.

 8         Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

 9    mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

10    the manner provided by law.




































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