Bill > HB4794

This bill amends the Community College Act of 1966 to modify requirements for community college board of trustee members, primarily by removing the need to file a formal "acceptance of office" while maintaining other important filing and oath requirements. Specifically, the bill changes language around how and when trustees must file their eligibility affidavits and oath of office, replacing gendered language with gender-neutral terms like "individual" instead of "person" or "his". The bill also restructures the section describing when a trustee's office becomes vacant, converting a previous run-on sentence into a more structured list of specific circumstances, such as death, mental incompetence, resignation, removal from office, felony conviction, voided election, failure to take the constitutional oath, or loss of legal qualifications. The bill is tied to another piece of legislation (House Bill 4793) and will only take effect if that companion bill is also enacted. The changes aim to streamline administrative processes for community college board trustee appointments while preserving the core requirements for assuming and maintaining such an office.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4794