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Act No. 20

Public Acts of 2026

Approved by the Governor

June 20, 2026

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 22, 2026

EFFECTIVE
DATE: June 22, 2026

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2026

Introduced by Senators Moss, McBroom and Johnson

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 241

AN ACT to amend 1909 PA 278,
entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of villages and for revising
and amending their charters; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes,
borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness;
to validate bonds issued and obligations previously incurred; and to prescribe
penalties and provide remedies,” (MCL 78.1 to 78.28) by adding section 24e.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec.
24e. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any
charter provision to the contrary, all terms of village officers elected after
December 31, 2024 must not commence earlier than at 12 noon on December 1
following the officer’s election. If a village’s charter provides for terms of village
officers to commence after an election and before December 1, all terms of village
officers elected in that village after December 31, 2024 commence at 12 noon on
December 1.

(2)
Notwithstanding any charter provision to the contrary, an individual elected to
fill a vacancy shall not take the oath of office until the results have been
certified by the appropriate board of canvassers.

Enacting
section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following
bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a)
Senate Bill No. 240.

(b)
House Bill No. 4358.

(c)
House Bill No. 4359.

This act is ordered to take
immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor