HOUSE BILL No. 4821

June 10, 2003, Introduced by Reps. DeRoche, Hummel, Farhat, Garfield, Drolet, Hoogendyk, Amos, Casperson, Emmons, Wenke, Tabor, Palsrok, Sheen, Stahl, Vander Veen, Acciavatti, LaJoy, Steil, Walker, Pastor, Stakoe, Voorhees, Taub, Ward, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Kooiman, Robertson, Moolenaar and Richardville and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan election law,"                                                    

                                                                                

    by amending section 641 (MCL 168.641).                                      

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 641.  (1)  An election which shall be known and                        

                                                                                

2   designated as the "general November election" shall be held in              

                                                                                

3   this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November           

                                                                                

4   in every even numbered year.  Except as otherwise provided in               

                                                                                

5   this section and sections 642, 642a, and 642b, beginning                    

                                                                                

6   January 1, 2005, an election held under this act shall be held on           

                                                                                

7   1 of the following regular election dates:                                  

                                                                                

8       (a) The February regular election date, which is the fourth                 

                                                                                

9   Tuesday in February.                                                        

                                                                                

10      (b) The May regular election date, which is the first Tuesday               

                                                                                

11  after the first Monday in May.                                              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (c) The August regular election date, which is the first                    

                                                                                

2   Tuesday after the first Monday in August.                                   

                                                                                

3       (d) The November regular election date, which is the first                  

                                                                                

4   Tuesday after the first Monday in November.                                 

                                                                                

5       (2) If an elective office is listed by name in section 643,                 

                                                                                

6   requiring the election for that office to be held at the general            

                                                                                

7   election, and if candidates for the office are nominated at a               

                                                                                

8   primary election, the primary election shall be held on the                 

                                                                                

9   August regular election date.                                               

                                                                                

10      (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a                      

                                                                                

11  special election shall be held on a regular election date.  A               

                                                                                

12  special election called by the governor under section 145, 178,             

                                                                                

13  370, 632, 633, or 634 to fill a vacancy or called by the                    

                                                                                

14  legislature to submit a proposed constitutional amendment as                

                                                                                

15  authorized in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution            

                                                                                

16  of 1963 may, but is not required to be, held on a regular                   

                                                                                

17  election date.                                                              

                                                                                

18      (4) The secretary of state shall direct and supervise the                   

                                                                                

19  consolidation of all elections held under this act.                         

                                                                                

20      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

                                                                                

21  January 1, 2005.                                                            

                                                                                

22      Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

23  effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

                                                                                

24  are enacted into law:                                                       

                                                                                

25      (a) Senate Bill No._____ or House Bill No.  4820  (request                  

                                                                                

26  no. 01918'03 *).                                                            

                                                                                

27      (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4822 (request                   


                                                                                

1   no. 01919'03 a *).                                                          

                                                                                

2       (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4823  (request                  

                                                                                

3   no. 01919'03 b *).                                                          

                                                                                

4       (d) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4824  (request                  

                                                                                

5   no. 01920'03 *).                                                            

                                                                                

6       (e) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4825 (request                   

                                                                                

7   no. 01920'03 a *).                                                          

                                                                                

8       (f) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4826  (request                  

                                                                                

9   no. 01920'03 b *).                                                          

                                                                                

10      (g) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4827  (request                  

                                                                                

11  no. 01920'03 c *).                                                          

                                                                                

12      (h) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4828  (request                  

                                                                                

13  no. 01921'03 *).