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Act No. 18
Public Acts of 2026
Approved by the Governor
June 20, 2026
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 22, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 2026
STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2026
Introduced by Reps. Outman, Tsernoglou, Wooden, Miller, Hoadley, Glanville, Price, Andrews,
Morgan, MacDonell, Koleszar, Rheingans, Weiss, Arbit, Byrnes, McFall, Hope, Conlin, Neeley,
Wilson, Wegela, Young, Fitzgerald, Brixie, Pohutsky, Foreman, Myers -Phillips, Xiong,
Longjohn, Johnsen, Kunse, Rigas and BeGole
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4359
AN ACT to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled “An act to provide for the government of certain villages; to define their
powers and duties; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes, borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds and
other evidences of indebtedness by villages subject to this act; to define the powers and duties of certain state and
local officers and entities; to define the application of this act and provide for its amendment by villages subject
to this act; to validate prior amendments and certain prior actions taken and bonds issue d by villages subject to
this act; to provide for the disincorporation of villages; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies, ” by
amending sections 4, 5, and 13 of chapter II and section 3 of chapter V (MCL 62.4, 62.5, 62.13, and 65.3), sections 4
and 5 of chapter II and section 3 of chapter V as amended by 2012 PA 551 and section 13 of chapter II as amended
by 2003 PA 305.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
CHAPTER II
Sec. 4. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the president, clerk, and treasurer hold their respective offices
for the term of 2 years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The term of office for a president, clerk,
or treasurer elected a t the village ’s regular election begins on December 1 after the officer ’s election and
qualification.
Sec. 5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 3 village trustees must be elected at each biennial village
election for the term of 4 years and until their successors are qualified. As an alternative, if provided by an
ordinance adopted by the village , all 6 village trustees must be elected at the biennial village elections for the
term of 2 years and until their successors are qualified. The term of office for a trustee elected at the village ’s
regular election begins on December 1 after the officer’s election and qualification.
Sec. 13. (1) A vacancy occurring in the office of president, trustee, or any other elective office must be filled by
appointment by the council, and the appointee shall hold office until the next regular village election. All vacancies
in any other office must be filled by the president, by and with the consent of the council.
(2) If by reason of removal, death, resignation, or otherwise, the membership of the council is reduced to less
than a quorum, the remaining council members shall call a special election for the purpose of filling all vacancies
in the office of trustee, if a p etition signed by not less than 10% of the qualified voters of the village is filed with
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the village clerk not later than 10 days after the vacancy or vacancies occur. If a petition is not filed within the
time period required under this subsection, then the remaining council members may either call a special election,
or may appoint a sufficient number of trustees to constitute with the members in office a quorum of the council,
who shall then fill the remaining vacancies as provided in this section.
(3) If all the officers and trustees of a village die or move from the village, and no successors have been elected
or appointed to fill the vacancies, the township clerk of the township within which the village is situated shall, on
petition of 10% of the qualified voters residing in the village, call a special election for the election of the officers
and trustees of the village to be held on a regular election date as established under section 641 of the Michigan
election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.641. The township shall perform all of the other duties with respect to the
election as the village might have done had the vacancies not existed, including the preparation of ballots, the
appointment of election inspectors, the counting and canvassing of the ballots, and the certification of the persons
elected to the offices for which the election was held. The expenses of the election must be paid by the village as
provided in section 642 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.642.
(4) Notwithstanding any ordinance to the contrary , an individual elected to fill a vacancy shall not take the
oath of office until the results have been certified by the appropriate board of canvassers.
CHAPTER V
Sec. 3. (1) On December 1 of each year, or as soon after that date as possible, the council shall appoint 1 of
their number president pro tempore of the council.
(2) In the absence of the president, the president pro tempore presides at the council meetings, and exercises
the powers and duties of president. In the absence of the president and president pro tempore, the member with
the longest current period of continuous service on the council presides unless otherwise provided by council rules.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor