Bill Text: MI HB5117 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; scheduling; election date for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state senate; modify. Amends secs. 60, 63, 76, 79, 170 & 173 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.60 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HJR EE'15
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-08 - Printed Bill Filed 12/04/2015 [HB5117 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5117-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5117
December 3, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Singh, Moss, Faris, Lane, Yanez, Pagan, Durhal, Schor, Wittenberg, Greig, Townsend, LaVoy, Gay-Dagnogo, Sarah Roberts, Love, Hoadley, Garrett, Greimel, Zemke and Driskell.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 60, 63, 76, 79, 170, and 173 (MCL 168.60,
168.63, 168.76, 168.79, 168.170, and 168.173).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
60. (1) A Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (2),
a governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected jointly at the
general November election in 1964, 1966, and every fourth year
thereafter.after that.
(2) A governor and lieutenant governor shall be elected
jointly at the general November election in 2022 for a term of
office of 2 years. A governor and lieutenant governor shall be
elected jointly at the general November election in 2024 and every
fourth year after that for a term of office of 4 years.
Sec. 63. (1) The terms of office of governor and lieutenant
governor
shall commence at 12 noon on January 1 next following the
election , and shall continue until a successor is
elected and
qualified.
(2) The terms of office of the governor and lieutenant
governor
elected at the general November election of 1964 shall be
are
2 years. The Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(3),
the terms of office of the governor and lieutenant governor elected
at the general November election in 1966 and every fourth year
thereafter
shall be after that are 4 years.
(3) The terms of office of the governor and lieutenant
governor elected at the general November election in 2022 are 2
years. The terms of office of the governor and lieutenant governor
elected at the general November election in 2024 and every fourth
year after that are 4 years.
Sec.
76. (1) A Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (2),
a secretary of state and attorney general shall be elected at the
general November election in 1964, 1966, and every fourth year
thereafter.after that.
(2) A secretary of state and attorney general shall be elected
at the general November election in 2022 for a term of office of 2
years. A secretary of state and attorney general shall be elected
at the general November election in 2024 and every fourth year
after that for a term of office of 4 years.
Sec. 79. (1) The terms of office of the secretary of state and
attorney
general shall commence at 12 noon on January 1 next
following
the election , and shall
continue until a successor is
elected and qualified.
(2) The terms of office of the secretary of state and attorney
general
elected at the general November election in 1964 shall be
are
2 years. The Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(3),
the terms of office of the secretary of state and attorney general
elected at the general November election in 1966 and every fourth
year
thereafter shall be after
that are 4 years.
(3) The terms of office of the secretary of state and attorney
general elected at the general November election in 2022 are 2
years. The terms of office of the secretary of state and attorney
general elected at the general November election in 2024 and every
fourth year after that are 4 years.
Sec.
170. (1) A Except
as otherwise provided in subsection
(2), a state senator in each senatorial district shall be elected
in the general November election in 1964, 1966, and every fourth
year
thereafter.after that.
(2) A state senator in each senatorial district shall be
elected at the general November election in 2022 for a term of
office of 2 years. A state senator in each senatorial district
shall be elected at the general November election in 2024 and every
fourth year after that for a term of office of 4 years.
(3) A representative in each representative district shall be
elected at each general November election.
Sec. 173. (1) The term of office of state senator and state
representative
shall commence commences at 12 noon on January 1
next following his or her election.
(2) The term of office of state representative shall
be is 2
years.
(3) The term of office of state senators elected at the
general
November election in 1964 shall be is 2
years. The Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the term of office of
state senators elected at the general November election in 1966 and
every
fourth year thereafter shall be after
that is 4 years.
(4) The term of office of state senators elected at the
general November election in 2022 is 2 years. The term of office of
state senators elected at the general November election in 2024 and
every fourth year after that is 4 years.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution EE
(request no. 03761'15) of the 98th Legislature becomes a part of
the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article
XII of the state constitution of 1963.
