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Legislation that addresses a conflict between state law and some municipal charters cleared the House Elections Committee on Tuesday. As the result of Proposal 2 implementation, clerks must now account for ballots that come in six days following an election. As a result, municipalities with language in their charters requiring newly elected local officials to be seated the week following an election would be doing so prior to actual certification.<\/p>\n

House Bills 5699<\/a>, 5700<\/a>, 5701<\/a>, and 5702<\/a> would amend the Home Rule City Act, Home Rule Village Act, and Michigan Election Law to state that all terms of city, village, and township officers elected following December 31st<\/sup> of 2024 must not commence earlier than December 1st<\/sup> at noon going forward. This defaults those municipalities with earlier dates in their charters to December 1st<\/sup>, but it does not require them to amend their charters unless they want to do so in order to specify a date and time after that. The bills would also provide that an individual elected to fill a vacancy as a result of a special election could not take office until the election is certified by the appropriate board of canvassers.<\/p>\n

The November 20th<\/sup> date in the General Law Village Act will also be amended to reflect December 1st<\/sup> moving forward. This legislation has no impact on municipalities with dates in their charters already after December 1st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The League, with guidance from members, has been at the table negotiating language that solves the existing conflict while offering some flexibility to municipalities without mandating a change to charters. This language is a reflection of those conversations. MML took a position of neutral on the package.<\/p>\n

The bills were voted out of committee with democrats all voting in favor and republicans passing. The legislation is now on the House floor.<\/p>\n

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Dave Hodgkins is a legislative associate with the League. He may be reached at dhodgkins@mml.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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