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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 54. Surveyors § 54.263

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 3. (1) The state survey and remonumentation commission is created in the department.

(2) The commission shall consist of 7 members. By January 1, 2015, the governor shall appoint the members, with the advice and consent of the senate, as follows:

(a) Two members shall be appointed to represent the general public.

(b) One member must be a grant administrator appointed under section 9a.  1

(c) The remaining 4 members must be surveyors, 1 of whom must also be serving as a county representative. The 4 members appointed under this subdivision must be residents of the following areas of this state:

(i) One must be a resident of the Upper Peninsula, 1 must be a resident of the area of the Lower Peninsula that is north of the survey township line lying between survey township 16 north and survey township 17 north, and 1 must be a resident of the area of the Lower Peninsula that is south of the survey township line lying between survey township 16 north and survey township 17 north.

(ii) One must be a member at large, and may be a resident of any area of this state.

(3) Of the 7 members first appointed to the commission after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 9a,  2 1 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 2 for terms of 2 years each, 2 for terms of 3 years each, and 2 for terms of 4 years each. At the expiration of the term of a member, the governor shall appoint a successor, who shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified.If there is a vacancy in the office of a member of the commission, the governor shall appoint a successor, with the advice and consent of the senate, for the unexpired term.

(4) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed from the fund for actual and necessary expenses in accordance with standards established annually by the legislature for similar boards or commissions.

1 M.C.L.A. § 54.269a.
2 M.C.L.A. § 54.269a, added by P.A.2014, No. 166, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2014.
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