Section 65.3 - Village council; president pro tempore.
THE GENERAL LAW VILLAGE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 3 of 1895
65.3 Village council; president pro tempore.
Sec. 3.
(1) On 1 of the following dates each year, or as soon after that date as possible, the council shall appoint 1 of their number president pro tempore of the council:
(a) If the village's regular election is held at the general election, each November 20.
(b) If the village's regular election is held at the September primary election, each October 1.
(2) In the absence of the president, the president pro tempore presides at the council meetings, and exercises the powers and duties of president. In the absence of the president and president pro tempore, the member with the longest current period of continuous service on the council presides unless otherwise provided by council rules.
History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2750 ;-- CL 1915, 2621 ;-- CL 1929, 1530 ;-- CL 1948, 65.3 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 305, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005