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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-168 > Act-116-of-1954 > 116-1954-xx > Section-168-443MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954
168.443 Probate judges; impeachment; removal from office, service of charges, hearing; notice of vacancy.
Sec. 443.
Any person holding the office of judge of probate may be removed from office upon conviction in impeachment proceedings for the reasons and in the manner set forth in section 7 of article 11 of the state constitution, or the governor shall remove any judge of probate upon a concurrent resolution of 2/3 of the members elected to and serving in each house of the state legislature, and the cause for such removal shall be stated at length in such resolution, as provided in the constitution of this state. Such person shall be served with a written notice of the charges against him and be afforded an opportunity for a hearing thereon. When a vacancy shall occur in any of the said offices, a notice of such vacancy and the reason why the same exists shall, within 10 days after such vacancy occurs, be given in writing by the secretary of state to the court administrator with a copy to the governor.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 58, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
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