Bill Text: MI SJRH | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Constitutional amendments; state; provision regarding filling a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor; provide for. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 21a to art. V.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRH Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SJRH-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION H

 

 

March 9, 2017, Introduced by Senators BIEDA, GREGORY, HERTEL, YOUNG and CONYERS and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by adding section 21a to article V, to

 

provide for the filling of a vacancy in the office of lieutenant

 

governor.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to provide for the filling of a vacancy in

 

the office of lieutenant governor, is proposed, agreed to, and

 

submitted to the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE V

 

     Sec. 21a. If the lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of

 

governor as provided in section 26 of this article, or if a vacancy

 

otherwise occurs in the office of lieutenant governor, the governor

 

shall nominate a lieutenant governor, who shall take office upon

 

confirmation by a majority vote of the members elected to and

 

serving in each house and who shall serve for the remainder of the

 

unexpired term.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.