389.34 Community college district consisting of single school district; board of trustees; election and terms of members.
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389.34 Community college district consisting of single school district; board of trustees; election and terms of members.
Sec. 34.
(1)If the community college district consists of a single school district, the community college district is directed and governed by a board of trustees consisting of 7 members, elected at large in the territory of the district or proposed district on a nonpartisan basis. At the organizational election, the electors shall elect 3 members for 6-year terms, 2 for 4-year terms, and 2 for 2-year terms. After the initial terms, at the next regular community college election immediately preceding the expiration of a member's term of office, the electors shall elect the member's successor for a term of 6 years.
(2)If an organizational election is held at the same time as a regular school election in November, the term of office of each member elected shall commence on January 1 following the organizational election.
(3)If an organizational election is held on a date other than the date of a regular school election, each board member shall take office on the fifteenth day following the date of the organizational election. Regular terms of office shall commence on the January 1 following the regular school election in November. If the organizational election is held on a date other than the regular election date of the component school district, the first year of the term of office of each of the members elected to the first board of trustees shall extend for the period of time remaining until January 1 following the date of the regular election of the component district held not less than 1 year nor more than 2 years after the date of the organizational election.
History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 1974 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 36, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 381, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 488 , Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 306 , Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 374 , Eff. Mar. 22, 2017