Rules Concerning the State Bar of Michigan 13 Last Updated 9/1/2023
additional year or years to allow the commissioner to serve consecutive terms in
each successive office through the completion of the commissioner’s term as
president, provided that the commissioner is elected by the Board of Commissioners
to serve in each successive office. If the term of an elected commissioner is so
extended, the authorized membership of the board is increased by one for that
period; a vacancy in the district the treasurer, secretary, vice-president, or
president-elect represents exists when the term as a commissioner would normally
expire, and an election to choose a successor is to be held in the usual manner.
No person holding judicial office may be elected or appointed an officer of the Board
of Commissioners. A judge presently serving as an officer may complete that term
but may not thereafter, while holding judicial office, be elected or appointed an
officer. A person serving as an officer who, after the effective date of this
amendment, is elected or appointed to a judicial office, must resign as an officer of
the board on or before the date that person assumes judicial office.
Section 2. Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and Clerk of the Assembly.
A clerk of the Representative Assembly chosen from the elected or appointed
membership of the assembly must be elected by the assembly at each annual
meeting by majority vote of those present and voting, if there is a quorum present.
The clerk serves a one-year term beginning with the adjournment of the annual
meeting at which he or she is elected and ending with the adjournment of the next
annual meeting at which he or she becomes vice-chairperson for a one-year term
concluding with the next annual meeting, at which time he or she becomes
chairperson for a one-year term concluding with the next annual meeting. If a
representative is elected clerk of the assembly with only one or two years of his or
her term remaining, the term of the representative is extended for an additional
year or years to permit him or her to serve consecutive terms as vice-chairperson,
and chairperson. If the term of an elected representative is so extended, the
authorized membership of the assembly is increased by one for the appropriate
period; a vacancy in the judicial circuit the chairperson-elect or chairperson
represents exists when his or her term would normally expire and an election
conducted to choose a successor having the vote to which the representative for that
judicial circuit is entitled is to be held in the usual manner. Assembly officers may
not concurrently hold another State Bar office and may not be reelected as assembly
officers.
No person holding judicial office may be elected or appointed an officer of the
Representative Assembly. A judge presently serving as an officer may complete
that term but may not thereafter, while holding judicial office, be elected or
appointed an officer. A person serving as an officer who, after the effective date of
this amendment, is elected or appointed to a judicial office, must resign as an officer
of the assembly on or before the date that person assumes judicial office.