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Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 18 Budget; general and deficiency appropriation bills.
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Sec. 18. The governor shall submit to the legislature at a time fixed by law, a budget for the ensuing fiscal period setting forth in detail, for all operating funds, the proposed expenditures and estimated revenue of the state. Proposed expenditures from any fund shall not excee…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 19 Disapproval of items in appropriation bills.
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Sec. 19. The governor may disapprove any distinct item or items appropriating moneys in any appropriation bill. The part or parts approved shall become law, and the item or items disapproved shall be void unless re-passed according to the method prescribed for the passage of othe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 2 Principal departments.
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Sec. 2. All executive and administrative offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the executive branch of state government and their respective functions, powers and duties, except for the office of governor and lieutenant governor, and the governing bodies of institutions of h…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 20 Reductions in expenditures.
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Sec. 20. No appropriation shall be a mandate to spend. The governor, with the approval of the appropriating committees of the house and senate, shall reduce expenditures authorized by appropriations whenever it appears that actual revenues for a fiscal period will fall below the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 21 State elective executive officers; term, election.
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Sec. 21. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general shall be elected for four-year terms at the general election in each alternate even-numbered year. Lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general, nomination.The lieutenant governor,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 22 Governor and lieutenant governor, qualifications.
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Sec. 22. To be eligible for the office of governor or lieutenant governor a person must have attained the age of 30 years, and have been a registered elector in this state for four years next preceding his election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 23 State elective executive officers, compensation.
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Sec. 23. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general shall each receive the compensation provided by law in full payment for all services performed and expenses incurred during his term of office. Such compensation shall not be changed during the te…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 24 Executive residence.
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Sec. 24. An executive residence suitably furnished shall be provided at the seat of government for the use of the governor. He shall receive an allowance for its maintenance as provided by law.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 25 Lieutenant governor; president of senate, tie vote, duties.
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Sec. 25. The lieutenant governor shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. He may perform duties requested of him by the governor, but no power vested in the governor shall be delegated.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 26 Succession to governorship.
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Sec. 26. In case of the conviction of the governor on impeachment, his removal from office, his resignation or his death, the lieutenant governor, the elected secretary of state, the elected attorney general and such other persons designated by law shall in that order be governor…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 27 Salary of successor.
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Sec. 27. The legislature shall provide that the salary of any state officer while acting as governor shall be equal to that of the governor.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 28 State transportation commission; establishment; purpose; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; director of state transportation department.
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Sec. 28. There is hereby established a state transportation commission, which shall establish policy for the state transportation department transportation programs and facilities, and such other public works of the state, as provided by law. The state transportation commission s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 29 Civil rights commission; members, term, duties, appropriation.
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Sec. 29. There is hereby established a civil rights commission which shall consist of eight persons, not more than four of whom shall be members of the same political party, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for four-year te…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 3 Single heads of departments; appointment, term.
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Sec. 3. The head of each principal department shall be a single executive unless otherwise provided in this constitution or by law. The single executives heading principal departments shall include a secretary of state, a state treasurer and an attorney general. When a single exe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 30 Limitations on terms of executive officers.
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Sec. 30. No person shall be elected more than two times to each office of the executive branch of government: governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state or attorney general. Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the office of governor, lieutenant governor, s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 4 Commissions or agencies for less than 2 years.
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Sec. 4. Except to the extent limited or abrogated by article V, section 2 or article IV, section 6, temporary commissions or agencies for special purposes with a life of no more than two years may be established by law and need not be allocated within a principal department.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 5 Examining or licensing board members, qualifications.
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Sec. 5. A majority of the members of an appointed examining or licensing board of a profession shall be members of that profession.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 6 Advice and consent to appointments.
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Sec. 6. Appointment by and with the advice and consent of the senate when used in this constitution or laws in effect or hereafter enacted means appointment subject to disapproval by a majority vote of the members elected to and serving in the senate if such action is taken withi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 7 Vacancies in office; filling, senatorial disapproval of appointees.
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Sec. 7. Vacancies in any office, appointment to which requires advice and consent of the senate, shall be filled by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. A person whose appointment has been disapproved by the senate shall not be eligible for an interim ap…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 8 Principal departments, supervision of governor; information from state officers.
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Sec. 8. Each principal department shall be under the supervision of the governor unless otherwise provided by this constitution. The governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. He shall transact all necessary business with the officers of government and may req…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 9 Principal departments, location.
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Sec. 9. Single executives heading principal departments and the chief executive officers of principal departments headed by boards or commissions shall keep their offices at the seat of government except as otherwise provided by law, superintend them in person and perform duties …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 1 Judicial power in court of justice; divisions.
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Sec. 1. Except to the extent limited or abrogated by article IV, section 6, or article V, section 2, the judicial power of the state is vested exclusively in one court of justice which shall be divided into one supreme court, one court of appeals, one trial court of general juris…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 10 Jurisdiction, practice and procedure of court of appeals.
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Sec. 10. The jurisdiction of the court of appeals shall be provided by law and the practice and procedure therein shall be prescribed by rules of the supreme court.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 11 Circuit courts; judicial circuits, sessions, number of judges.
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Sec. 11. The state shall be divided into judicial circuits along county lines in each of which there shall be elected one or more circuit judges as provided by law. Sessions of the circuit court shall be held at least four times in each year in every county organized for judicial…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 12 Circuit judges; nomination, election, term.
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Sec. 12. Circuit judges shall be nominated and elected at non-partisan elections in the circuit in which they reside, and shall hold office for a term of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. In circuits having more than one circuit judge their terms of …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 13 Circuit courts; jurisdiction, writs, supervisory control over inferior courts.
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Sec. 13. The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all matters not prohibited by law; appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals except as otherwise provided by law; power to issue, hear and determine prerogative and remedial writs; supervisory and …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 14 County clerks; duties, vacancies; prosecuting attorneys, vacancies.
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Sec. 14. The clerk of each county organized for judicial purposes or other officer performing the duties of such office as provided in a county charter shall be clerk of the circuit court for such county. The judges of the circuit court may fill a vacancy in an elective office of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 15 Probate courts; districts, jurisdiction.
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Sec. 15. In each county organized for judicial purposes there shall be a probate court. The legislature may create or alter probate court districts of more than one county if approved in each affected county by a majority of the electors voting on the question. The legislature ma…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 16 Probate judges; nomination, election, terms.
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Sec. 16. One or more judges of probate as provided by law shall be nominated and elected at non-partisan elections in the counties or the probate districts in which they reside and shall hold office for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. In c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 17 Judicial salaries and fees.
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Sec. 17. No judge or justice of any court of this state shall be paid from the fees of his office nor shall the amount of his salary be measured by fees, other moneys received or the amount of judicial activity of his office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 18 Salaries; uniformity, changes during term.
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Sec. 18. Salaries of justices of the supreme court, of the judges of the court of appeals, of the circuit judges within a circuit, and of the probate judges within a county or district, shall be uniform, and may be increased but shall not be decreased during a term of office exce…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 19 Courts of record; seal, qualifications of judges.
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Sec. 19. (1) The supreme court, the court of appeals, the circuit court, the probate court and other courts designated as such by the legislature shall be courts of record and each shall have a common seal. Justices and judges of courts of record must be persons who are licensed …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 2 Justices of the supreme court; number, term, nomination, election.
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Sec. 2. The supreme court shall consist of seven justices elected at non-partisan elections as provided by law. The term of office shall be eight years and not more than two terms of office shall expire at the same time. Nominations for justices of the supreme court shall be in t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 20 Removal of domicile of judge.
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Sec. 20. Whenever a justice or judge removes his domicile beyond the limits of the territory from which he was elected or appointed, he shall have vacated his office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 21 Ineligibility for other office.
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Sec. 21. Any justice or judge of a court of record shall be ineligible to be nominated for or elected to an elective office other than a judicial office during the period of his service and for one year thereafter.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 22 Incumbent judges, affidavit of candidacy.
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Sec. 22. Any judge of the court of appeals, circuit court or probate court may become a candidate in the primary election for the office of which he is the incumbent by filing an affidavit of candidacy in the form and manner prescribed by law.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 23 Judicial vacancies, filling; appointee, term; successor; new offices.
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Sec. 23. A vacancy shall occur in the office of judge of any court of record or in the district court by death, removal, resignation or vacating of the office, and such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor. The person appointed by the governor shall hold office …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 24 Incumbent judges, ballot designation.
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Sec. 24. There shall be printed upon the ballot under the name of each incumbent justice or judge who is a candidate for nomination or election to the same office the designation of that office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 25 Removal of judges from office.
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Sec. 25. For reasonable cause, which is not sufficient ground for impeachment, the governor shall remove any judge on a concurrent resolution of two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house of the legislature. The cause for removal shall be stated at length in t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 26 Circuit court commissioners and justices of the peace, abolition; courts of limited jurisdiction.
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Sec. 26. The offices of circuit court commissioner and justice of the peace are abolished at the expiration of five years from the date this constitution becomes effective or may within this period be abolished by law. Their jurisdiction, compensation and powers within this perio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 27 Power of appointment to public office.
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Sec. 27. The supreme court, the court of appeals, the circuit court, or any justices or judges thereof, shall not exercise any power of appointment to public office except as provided in this constitution.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 28 Administrative action, review.
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Sec. 28. All final decisions, findings, rulings and orders of any administrative officer or agency existing under the constitution or by law, which are judicial or quasi-judicial and affect private rights or licenses, shall be subject to direct review by the courts as provided by…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 29 Conservators of the peace.
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Sec. 29. Justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, circuit judges and other judges as provided by law shall be conservators of the peace within their respective jurisdictions.
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 3 Chief justice; court administrator; other assistants.
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Sec. 3. One justice of the supreme court shall be selected by the court as its chief justice as provided by rules of the court. He shall perform duties required by the court. The supreme court shall appoint an administrator of the courts and other assistants of the supreme court …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 30 Judicial tenure commission; selection; terms; duties; power of supreme court.
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Sec. 30. (1) A judicial tenure commission is established consisting of nine persons selected for three-year terms as follows: Four members shall be judges elected by the judges of the courts in which they serve; one shall be a court of appeals judge, one a circuit judge, one a pr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 4 General superintending control over courts; writs; appellate jurisdiction.
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Sec. 4. Except to the extent limited or abrogated by article IV, section 6, or article V, section 2, the supreme court shall have general superintending control over all courts; power to issue, hear and determine prerogative and remedial writs; and appellate jurisdiction as provi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 5 Court rules; distinctions between law and equity; master in chancery.
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Sec. 5. The supreme court shall by general rules establish, modify, amend and simplify the practice and procedure in all courts of this state. The distinctions between law and equity proceedings shall, as far as practicable, be abolished. The office of master in chancery is prohi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 6 Decisions and dissents; writing, contents.
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Sec. 6. Decisions of the supreme court, including all decisions on prerogative writs, shall be in writing and shall contain a concise statement of the facts and reasons for each decision and reasons for each denial of leave to appeal. When a judge dissents in whole or in part he …
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 7 Staff; budget; salaries of justices; fees.
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Sec. 7. The supreme court may appoint, may remove, and shall have general supervision of its staff. It shall have control of the preparation of its budget recommendations and the expenditure of moneys appropriated for any purpose pertaining to the operation of the court or the pe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 8 Court of appeals; election of judges, divisions.
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Sec. 8. The court of appeals shall consist initially of nine judges who shall be nominated and elected at non-partisan elections from districts drawn on county lines and as nearly as possible of equal population, as provided by law. The supreme court may prescribe by rule that th…