Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.1
Emergency interim executive succession act; short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "emergency interim executive succession act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — EMERGENCY INTERIM EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION ACT (Act 202 of 1959)
Michigan · statute · 202 of 1959, Mich. Comp. Laws · 15 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.2
Emergency interim executive succession act; definitions.
As used in this act: (a) "Unavailable" means that the lawful incumbent of the office, including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of the office because of a vacancy, and his duly authorized deputy are not available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. (b) "Disaster" m…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.3
Governor; designation of emergency interim successors; review.
The governor, taking into consideration the safety factor to be gained by the geographical dispersion of appointments, shall designate within 30 days after his inauguration, 5 emergency interim successors to his powers and duties and specify their order of succession. The governor shall cause a list of these appointmen…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.4
Governor; successor, exercise of powers and discharge of duties.
If the governor, lieutenant governor, the elected secretary of state, the elected attorney general, the president pro tempore of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives are not able or are unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the governor because of a disaster, the available eme…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.5
State executive officers; successors, designation, review.
All state executive officers, within 30 days after taking office, taking into consideration the safety factor to be gained by geographical dispersion of appointments, shall designate by title 5 emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The state executive officers shall file a list of the emer…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.6
State executive officers; successors, exercise of powers and discharge of duties.
If any state executive officer is not able or is unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office because of a disaster, the legally authorized deputy of the officer shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. If the deputy is not able or is unavailable to exercise the pow…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.7
Emergency successor; qualifications.
No person shall be designated or shall serve as an emergency interim successor under this act unless, under the constitution and the statutes of this state, he may hold the office to which he has been designated.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.8
Emergency successor; removal, replacement.
Until such time as the person designated as an emergency interim successor succeeds to the exercise of the powers and the discharge of the duties of an office in accordance with this act, he may be removed or replaced by said designating authority at any time, with or without cause, by filing notice with the secretary…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.9
Emergency successor; notice of designation or removal; form, publication.
All notices to the secretary of state provided for in this act shall be in writing and signed and sworn to by the designating authority. The secretary of state shall inform the governor, the director of the state office of civil defense, the clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate and all eme…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.10
Emergency successor; determination of availability.
In the event of a disaster in this state, the governor or the secretary of state, or any deputy or emergency interim successor exercising the powers and discharging the duties of the offices, shall determine if any officer or his deputy is not able or is unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.11
Emergency successor; privileges and immunities in office; compensation, expenses.
When called upon to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office, an emergency interim successor shall be accorded the same privileges, immunities and other perquisites accorded to the regular incumbent, but the emergency interim successor shall receive no compensation except his necessary and actual expen…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.12
Emergency successor; oath of office, filing.
Promptly after his designation in writing to the secretary of state by the designating authority, each emergency interim successor shall take the oath of office for the office to which he has been designated, and no other oath shall be required. The oath shall be administered by any person authorized to administer oath…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.13
Emergency successor; duty to keep informed.
Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current affairs of the office to which he has been designated.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.14
Emergency successor; termination of authority by legislature, election to fill vacancy.
The legislature, by law, may terminate at any time the authority of the emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein provided. An election to fill any elective vacancy in an office, the powers of which are being exercised and the duties of which are being discharge…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.15
Disputes arising under act; determination.
Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this act, except a dispute of facts relative to the office of governor, shall be determined by the governor or other official authorized under the constitution and this act to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor, and his decision…