Michigan · statute · 261 of 1966, Mich. Comp. Laws · 17 active provisions
(1) Within 60 days after the publication of the latest United States official decennial census figures, the county apportionment commission in each county of this state shall apportion the county into not less than 5 nor more than 21 county commissioner districts as nearly of equal population as is practicable and with…
County Population Number of Commissioners Under 5,001 Not more than 7 5,001 to 10,000 Not more than 10 10,001 to 50,000 Not more than 15 Over 50,000 Not more than 21
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the county apportionment commission shall consist of the county clerk, the county treasurer, the prosecuting attorney, and the statutory county chairperson of each of the 2 political parties receiving the greatest number of votes cast for the office of secretary of s…
In apportioning the county into commissioner districts, the county apportionment commission shall be governed by the following guidelines in the stated order of importance: (a) All districts shall be single-member districts and as nearly of equal population as is practicable. The latest official published figures of th…
The apportionment plan approved by the commission shall be filed in the office of the county clerk at which time it shall become effective, and copies of it shall be forthwith forwarded by the county clerk to the secretary of state for filing and shall be made available at cost to any registered voter of the county.
Any registered voter of the county within 30 days after the filing of the plan for his county may petition the court of appeals to review such plan to determine if the plan meets the requirements of the laws of this state. Any findings of the court of appeals may be appealed to the supreme court of the state as provide…
If the apportionment commission has failed to submit a plan for its county within 60 days but not less than 30 days after the latest official published census figures are available or within such additional time as may be granted by the court of appeals for good cause shown on petition from the apportionment commission…
Once an apportionment plan has been found constitutional and according to the provisions of this act and all appeals have been exhausted, or if no appeal is taken, when the time for appeal has expired, that plan shall be the official apportionment plan for the county until the next United States official decennial cens…
The electors of each district established in accordance with this act shall elect 1 county commissioner to the county board of commissioners. There shall be no representation on the county board of commissioners other than that set forth by the provisions of this act.
(1) The term of office of each commissioner elected before the 2024 general November election shall be concurrent with that of state representatives as specified in section 3 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963. (2) The term of office of each commissioner elected at or after the 2024 general November electi…
A candidate for the office of county commissioner must be a resident and registered voter of the district that he or she seeks to represent and must remain a resident and registered voter to hold his or her office, if elected. Nominations and elections for commissioners must be by partisan elections. In order for the n…
A nonrefundable filing fee paid to the county clerk in lieu of filing petitions under section 11 must be deposited in the general fund of the county and must be used only for the purchase and maintenance of voting equipment.
A petition under section 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is s…
(1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner by death, resignation, removal from the district, or removal from office, the vacancy must be filled by appointment within 30 days by the county board of commissioners of a resident and registered voter of that district. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2…
(1) If the county board of commissioners does not fill a vacancy in the office of commissioner as provided in section 12 within 30 days, that vacancy shall be filled by a special election. The special election shall be called by the county board of commissioners. (2) The person elected at the special election to fill t…
(1) A member of the county board of commissioners shall receive the compensation and mileage reimbursement fixed by resolution of the county board of commissioners or for a county which has a county officers compensation commission, fixed by a determination of the county officers compensation commission which is not re…
All references to county supervisors or county boards of supervisors in any other act shall be deemed to mean county commissioners and county boards of commissioners as established by this act and such county boards of commissioners shall be the county board of supervisors referred to in article 7 of the state constitu…