Michigan Laws 339.5305 – Board; terms; vacancy; removal
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.5305
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Board: means , in each article of this act that is related to a specific occupation or occupations, the board that is created in that article and composed principally of members of the regulated occupation or occupations, or the commission or other agency that is defined in or designated as the board for purposes of that article. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
- Disability: means an infirmity that prevents a board member from performing a duty assigned to the board member. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
- General public: means each individual who resides in this state and is 18 years of age or older, other than an individual or the spouse of an individual who is licensed or registered in the occupation or who has a material financial interest in the occupation that is regulated by the specific article in which the term is used. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
- License: includes the whole or part of a governmental permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required under a specific article of this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
- Occupation: means a field of endeavor regulated under this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
Unless otherwise provided in a specific article of this act, all of the following apply to the members of a board:
(a) Except for a member described in subdivision (b), the term of a member who is appointed to a board is 4 years.
(b) An individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy on a board that is the result of a member’s resignation, death, disability, or removal for cause by the governor shall serve for the balance of the term of the member he or she replaced and he or she may be reappointed for not more than 2 full terms.
(c) A vacancy is filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. The governor shall appoint an individual as a member of a board, subject to the advice and consent of the senate under section 303, within 60 days after a vacancy occurs and within 60 days after the senate disapproves an appointment by the governor.
(d) The governor may remove a member of a board under section 10 of article V of the state constitution of 1963.
(e) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governor shall not appoint an individual to serve for more than 2 consecutive terms.
(f) Of the initial members of a board created or first appointed, the terms of 3 of the members, including 2 of the members who have a license in an occupation that the board monitors and 1 of the members representing the general public, is 4 years; the terms of 2 of the members, including 1 of the members who has a license in an occupation that the board monitors and 1 of the members representing the general public, is 3 years; the terms of 2 of the members, including 1 of the members who has a license in an occupation that the board monitors and 1 of the members who represents the general public, is 2 years; and the terms of the remaining members are 1 year.