Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.503 (2026)

Civil service commission; members, qualifications.

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FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

Act 78 of 1935

38.503 Civil service commission; members, qualifications.

Sec. 3.

No person shall be appointed a member of said commission who is not a citizen of the United States and who has not been a resident of said city, village or municipality for a period of 1 year and an elector of said county for a period of at least 3 years immediately preceding such appointment. No commissioner shall hold any other elective office, place or position under the United States, state of Michigan, or any city, county or other political subdivision thereof; nor shall any commissioner serve on any political committee or take any active part in the management of any political campaign. Not more than 2 of the said commissioners, at any 1 time, shall be adherents of the same political party.

History: 1935, Act 78, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 38.503 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 271, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949

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Police and Fire Civil Service Act

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Mayor of Cadillac v. Blackburn, 857 N.W.2d 529 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).

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Mayor of Cadillac v. Blackburn, 857 N.W.2d 529 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “” MCL 38.503. Section 4 of the act provides that the mayor or principal executive officer of the pertinent city, village, or municipality “shall at any time remove any commissioner for incompetency, dereliction of duty, malfeasance in office *515 or any other good cause .”

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