Bill Text: MI HB5052 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; other; filling vacancy in office of county auditor; clarify under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 5 of 1913 PA 275 (MCL 47.5). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5072'17, HB 5084'17, HB 5114'17, HB 5131'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-15 - Assigned Pa 223'18 With Immediate Effect [HB5052 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5052-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5052
October 3, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Jones and Marino and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1913 PA 275, entitled
"An act to authorize the boards of supervisors of counties to
create a board of county auditors, appoint such officers, and
prescribe their powers, duties and compensation,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 47.5).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
5. The board of supervisors commissioners
of any county
instead
of electing all the members of the board of auditors may
elect
by ballot appoint a board of county auditors of not to exceed
3
members, 1 of whom the county board of supervisors commissioners
shall
designate as chairman chairperson
of the board of county
auditors.
If the board of county auditors consists of 1 man, he
shall
be elected individual, that
individual must be appointed for
a
term of 1 year. ; if If
the board consists of 2 men, individuals,
1
shall be elected must be
appointed for a term of 1 year , and 1
must
be appointed for a term of 2 years. ;
if If the board consists
of
3 men, individuals, 1 shall be elected must be appointed for a
term of 1 year, 1 must be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 1
must be appointed for a term of 3 years. The term of office of each
of
these members shall begin begins
on the following January 1. At
each
October session of the county board of supervisors preceding
commissioners before the expiration of the term of office of each
of
the individual members of the board, his a successor shall must
be
appointed by the county board of supervisors commissioners for a
term
of 3 years from the following January 1. Every person so
elected
appointed shall hold for the term of office indicated and
until
his or her successor is elected appointed and qualified. No A
person
shall not be deemed elected considered appointed as a member
of
the board of county auditors who shall does not receive a
majority vote of all the members of the county board of
supervisors.
Whenever commissioners. If a vacancy occurs in the
board
of county auditors, it shall the vacancy must be filled by
the
county board of supervisors, except in counties now or
hereafter
having a population of 1,500,000 or more, vacancies shall
be
filled as provided in section 239 of Act No. 116 of the Public
Acts
of 1954, being section 168.239 of the Compiled Laws of 1948,
commissioners,
and such the appointment
shall be is for the
unexpired
term of the vacancy so filled. No A person holding any
office either elective or appointive under any county adopting this
act,
or any of the townships of the county, or of the this state,
and
no a person not an elector of the county, shall
be is not
eligible to hold the office of county auditor. No more than 2
members of any board of county auditors shall be affiliated with
the same political party.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
03516'17).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
04417'17).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
04418'17).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
04419'17).
