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2014 Michigan Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2014)

handle is hein.sag/sagmi0137 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF MICHIGAN BILL SCHUETTE, ATTORNEY GENERAL ELECTIONS: Filling vacancy on elected board of county road commissioners. MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW: COUNTY ROAD LAW: COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS: Under section 269, MCL 168.269, of the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq., an individual appointed to fill a vacancy on an elected board of county road commissioners holds office for the remainder of the unexpired term, unless the vacancy occurred more than 182 days before the next November general election, if that election is not the November general election at which a successor in office would be elected if no vacancy occurred. In that case, the appointee holds office only until the appointee or another candidate is elected and qualified to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term at the next November general election Opinion No. 7275 March 7, 2014 The Honorable Kevin Cotter State Representative The Capitol Lansing, MI 48909 You ask whether a person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of elected county road commissioner holds that office until the expiration of that term as provided for in the County Road Law, MCL 224.1 et seq., or instead must be elected to fill the balance of the term in the next general election as provided for in the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq. Information obtained in conjunction with your request reveals that the relevant county road commissioner was elected to a six-year term at the November 2, 2010, general election. This individual resigned from office in March 2013, a little over two years into the term. Another individual was then appointed by the board of county

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