Section 168.970 - Recall of officer; vacancy. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954

168.970 Recall of officer; vacancy.

Sec. 970.

Upon the filing of the certificate of the canvassing board showing the recall of the officer as herein provided, the officer empowered by law to perform the duties of such recalled official, in the event of such officer's absence, death, illness or inability to act, shall perform and discharge the duties of the office so vacated until the successor to fill such vacancy is duly elected and qualified as herein provided or until the vacancy is temporarily filled. Where power to fill a vacancy by appointment exists, then in such case such office shall be filled in the same manner by temporary appointment effective until a successor shall be duly elected and qualified as herein provided, otherwise, the governor of the state may fill such vacancy until said recalled officer's successor is elected and qualified.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name: Election Code