Member appointed to fixed term; limitations

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies only to a member who by statute is appointed to a fixed term. (b) The term of an individual serving as a member begins on the latter of the following: (1) The day the term of the member whom the individual is appointed to succeed expires. If the individual does not succeed a member, the member's term begins as provided in subdivision (2). (2) The day the individual is appointed. (c) The term of a member expires on July 1 of the second year after the expiration of the term of the member's immediate predecessor. If the member has no immediate predecessor, the term of the member expires on July 1 of the second year after the member's term began. (d) A member may be reappointed for a new term. A reappointed member is the member's own: (1) successor for purposes of subsection (b); and (2) immediate predecessor for purposes of subsection (c). As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.17.