Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.407 (2026)

Apportionment plan; failure of apportionment commission to submit; submission by registered voter.

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APPORTIONMENT OF COUNTY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS


Act 261 of 1966


46.407 Apportionment plan; failure of apportionment commission to submit; submission by registered voter.

Sec. 7.

    If the apportionment commission has failed to submit a plan for its county within 60 days but not less than 30 days after the latest official published census figures are available or within such additional time as may be granted by the court of appeals for good cause shown on petition from the apportionment commission, any registered voter of the county may submit a plan to the commission for approval. The commission shall choose from among those submitted to it a plan meeting the requirements of the laws of this state and file such plan in the office of the county clerk as set forth in section 5 within 30 days after the deadline for the filing of the commission's own plan or any extension granted thereon.

History: 1966, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1972–2002 · leading case: Apportionment of Oakland Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners-1972, 199 N.W.2d 234 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972).
Apportionment of Oakland Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners-1972, 199 N.W.2d 234 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “” MCLA 46.407; MSA 5.359 (7). 2 Factually, what occurred is that the commission "failed to submit any plan for its county within * * * less than 30 days after the latest official published census figures”.”
In Re Apportionment of Wayne Cnty.-2001, 650 N.W.2d 92 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “Petitioners filed their motion for rehearing with regard to the remedy only on November 16, 2001.”
Apportionment of Lapeer Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners-1972, 198 N.W.2d 33 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “4 Pursuant to the authority of MCLA 46.407; MSA 5.359 (7).”
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