Sec. 34a. (1) If the community college district organized under this chapter consists of 2 or more school districts, the community college district shall be directed and governed by a board of trustees that consists of 7 members, elected at large in the proposed community college district on a nonpartisan basis. At the organizational election, 3 members shall be elected for 6-year terms, 2 members for 4-year terms, and 2 members for 2-year terms. Thereafter, at the next regular community college election immediately preceding the expiration of their terms of office, their successors shall be elected for terms of 6 years. (2) If the organizational election is held at the same time as the regular school election in November, the term of each member elected shall commence on the January 1 following the organizational election. (3) If the organizational election is held on a date other than the date of the regular school election, each board member shall take office on the fifteenth day following the date of the organizational election. Regular terms of office shall commence on January 1 following the next regular school election in November. If the organizational election is held on a date other than the regular school election, the first year of the term of office of each of the members elected to the first board of trustees shall extend for the period of time remaining until January following the date of the regular school election. History: Add. 1978, Act 36, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1978 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 381, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 306, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 374, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017
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