Bill Text: MI SB0525 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Counties: charter; election of county executive in a charter county; modify election schedule to the presidential election years. Amends 1966 PA 293 (MCL 45.501 - 45.521) by adding sec. 14b.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-09 - Referred To Committee On Local Government And Municipal Finance [SB0525 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0525-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
SENATE BILL NO. 525
A bill to amend 1966 PA 293, entitled
"An act to provide for the establishment of charter counties; to provide for the election of charter commissioners; to prescribe their powers and duties; to prohibit certain acts of a county board of commissioners after the approval of the election of a charter commission; to prescribe the mandatory and permissive provisions of a charter; to provide for the exercise by a charter county of certain powers whether or not authorized by its charter; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"
(MCL 45.501 to 45.521) by adding section 14b.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 14b. (1) Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), if a county with a population of less than 1,000,000 elects a county executive under this act, both of the following apply:
(a) At the general November election in 2022, a county executive who is a qualified elector in that county shall be elected at large on a partisan basis for a term of 2 years beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2024.
(b) At the general November election in 2024 and every fourth year after 2024, a county executive who is a qualified elector in that county shall be elected at large on a partisan basis for a term of 4 years beginning on January 1 following the election.
(2) If, by April 1, 2022, a board of county commissioners in a county with a population of less than 1,000,000 adopts a resolution to continue to elect the county executive of that county at large on a partisan basis for a term of 4 years concurrent with the term of office of the governor, then the county executive of that county shall continue to be elected at large on a partisan basis for a term of 4 years concurrent with the term of office of the governor.
