Michigan Laws 31.14 – Emergency successor; termination of authority by legislature, election to fill vacancy
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 31.14
- Disaster: means an extraordinary misfortune caused by an enemy attack upon the United States or by civil disorder and resulting in widespread destruction of life and property. See Michigan Laws 31.2
- Emergency interim successor: means a person designated pursuant to this act who, in the event the incumbent or his deputy is unavailable, is to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by law, or until the lawful incumbent or his deputy is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge of the duties of the office. See Michigan Laws 31.2
The legislature, by law, may terminate at any time the authority of the emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein provided. An election to fill any elective vacancy in an office, the powers of which are being exercised and the duties of which are being discharged by an emergency interim successor, shall be held within 1 year after the date of the disaster under which the emergency interim successor succeeded to the powers and duties of the office.