{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-389.14","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.14","heading":"Community college board of trustees; number and terms.","body":"Sec. 14.\n\nA community college district is directed and governed by a board of trustees, consisting of 7 members, elected at large in the territory of the district or proposed district on a nonpartisan basis. At the organizational election, the electors shall elect 3 members for 6-year terms, 2 for 4-year terms, and 2 for 2-year terms. After the initial terms, at the next regular community college election immediately preceding the expiration of their terms of office, the electors shall elect members for 6-year terms. In a community college district that is comprised of 3 counties and is in operation on the effective date of this act, the board of trustees shall continue to consist of 9 members, 3 from each county, elected for 6-year terms.\n\nIf an organizational election is held at the same time as a general state election, the term of office of each member elected shall commence on January 1 following the organizational election.\n\nWhen an organizational election is held on a date other than the date of a general state 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 general state election. However, the period of time from the date of the organizational election until January 1 following the next general state election is in addition to the regular terms to which each member was elected.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 389","Act Act-331-of-1966"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-389-14","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"9026cd6e9f2ff61cbba32a6f04842d92e3af99ea8f8854dd89cd7a789aa67adf","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-389.131","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-389.141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}