Michigan Compiled Laws Constitution-v Article V Executive Branch (Article V § 1...§ 30)

• Article V § 1 Executive Power.
  The executive power is vested in the governor. History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 1, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const. 1908,...
• Article V § 2 Principal Departments.
  All executive and administrative offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the executive branch of state government and their respective functions, powers and duties, except for...
• Article V § 3 Single Heads Of Departments; Appointment, Term.
  The head of each principal department shall be a single executive unless otherwise provided in this constitution or by law. The single executives heading...
• Article V § 4 Commissions Or Agencies For Less Than 2 Years.
  Temporary commissions or agencies for special purposes with a life of no more than two years may be established by law and need not...
• Article V § 5 Examining Or Licensing Board Members, Qualifications.
  A majority of the members of an appointed examining or licensing board of a profession shall be members of that profession. History: Const. 1963,...
• Article V § 6 Advice And Consent To Appointments.
  Appointment by and with the advice and consent of the senate when used in this constitution or laws in effect or hereafter enacted means...
• Article V § 7 Vacancies In Office; Filling, Senatorial Disapproval Of Appointees.
  Vacancies in any office, appointment to which requires advice and consent of the senate, shall be filled by the governor by and with the...
• Article V § 8 Principal Departments, Supervision Of Governor; Information From State Officers.
  Each principal department shall be under the supervision of the governor unless otherwise provided by this constitution. The governor shall take care that the...
• Article V § 9 Principal Departments, Location.
  Single executives heading principal departments and the chief executive officers of principal departments headed by boards or commissions shall keep their offices at the...
• Article V § 10 Removal Or Suspension Of Officers; Grounds, Report.
  The governor shall have power and it shall be his duty to inquire into the condition and administration of any public office and the...
• Article V § 11 Provisional Appointments To Fill Vacancies Due To Suspension.
  The governor may make a provisional appointment to fill a vacancy occasioned by the suspension of an appointed or elected officer, other than a...
• Article V § 12 Military Powers.
  The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the armed forces and may call them out to execute the laws, suppress insurrection and repel invasion. History:...
• Article V § 13 Elections To Fill Vacancies In Legislature.
  The governor shall issue writs of election to fill vacancies in the senate or house of representatives. Any such election shall be held in...
• Article V § 14 Reprieves, Commutations And Pardons.
  The governor shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after convictions for all offenses, except cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and...
• Article V § 15 Extra Sessions Of Legislature.
  The governor may convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions. History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 15, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const....
• Article V § 16 Legislature Other Than At Seat Of Government.
  The governor may convene the legislature at some other place when the seat of government becomes dangerous from any cause. History: Const. 1963, Art....
• Article V § 17 Messages And Recommendations To Legislature.
  The governor shall communicate by message to the legislature at the beginning of each session and may at other times present to the legislature...
• Article V § 18 Budget; General And Deficiency Appropriation Bills.
  The governor shall submit to the legislature at a time fixed by law, a budget for the ensuing fiscal period setting forth in detail,...
• Article V § 19 Disapproval Of Items In Appropriation Bills.
  The governor may disapprove any distinct item or items appropriating moneys in any appropriation bill. The part or parts approved shall become law, and...
• Article V § 20 Reductions In Expenditures.
  No appropriation shall be a mandate to spend. The governor, with the approval of the appropriating committees of the house and senate, shall reduce...
• Article V § 21 State Elective Executive Officers; Term, Election.
  The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general shall be elected for four-year terms at the general election in each alternate even-numbered...
• Article V § 22 Governor And Lieutenant Governor, Qualifications.
  To be eligible for the office of governor or lieutenant governor a person must have attained the age of 30 years, and have been...
• Article V § 23 State Elective Executive Officers, Compensation.
  The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general shall each receive the compensation provided by law in full payment for all services...
• Article V § 24 Executive Residence.
  An executive residence suitably furnished shall be provided at the seat of government for the use of the governor. He shall receive an allowance...
• Article V § 25 Lieutenant Governor; President Of Senate, Tie Vote, Duties.
  The lieutenant governor shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. He may perform duties requested...
• Article V § 26 Succession To Governorship.
  In case of the conviction of the governor on impeachment, his removal from office, his resignation or his death, the lieutenant governor, the elected...
• Article V § 27 Salary Of Successor.
  The legislature shall provide that the salary of any state officer while acting as governor shall be equal to that of the governor. History:...
• Article V § 28 State Transportation Commission; Establishment; Purpose; Appointment, Qualifications, And Terms Of Members; Director Of State Transportation Department.
  There is hereby established a state transportation commission, which shall establish policy for the state transportation department transportation programs and facilities, and such other...
• Article V § 29 Civil Rights Commission; Members, Term, Duties, Appropriation.
  There is hereby established a civil rights commission which shall consist of eight persons, not more than four of whom shall be members of...
• Article V § 30 Limitations On Terms Of Executive Officers.
  No person shall be elected more than two times to each office of the executive branch of government: governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state...

Last modified: October 10, 2016