Bill Text: MI HB6333 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Legislature: other; selection of seats in the house of representatives; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 1893 PA 58 (MCL 4.61).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-12-31 - Assigned Pa 300'20 With Immediate Effect [HB6333 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB6333-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
HOUSE BILL NO. 6333
A bill to amend 1893 PA 58, entitled
"An act to provide for selecting seats for members in the hall of the house of representatives,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 4.61).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) As a part of the organization of the house of
representatives upon on the first day of the first regular session of each
legislature, the clerk shall allocate the seats in
the hall of the house shall be selected by the
members in a manner as follows: The clerk shall call the names of the members
having the greatest total length of service in the house who shall select a
seat. In like manner, the clerk shall call the names of members in the order of
their total length of service in the house, who shall select
seats of their choice not already selected, down to and including those members
commencing their second terms. If there are 2 or more members who have an equal
length of service the clerk shall prepare a list of their names and place
opposite each name a number, which shall be drawn by lottery as prescribed in
this section for members entering their first terms. The clerk shall then
prepare a list of members entering upon their first terms, listing the names of
such members alphabetically and placing opposite each name numbers in
consecutive order from 1, using as many numbers as are necessary. A box shall
be provided in which shall be deposited numbered white balls, which shall bear
the same numbers as those appearing on said list. A boy or girl, selected by
the clerk, then being blindfolded shall draw from the box 1 ball and hand it to
the clerk, who shall announce the number on the ball, and the clerk shall call
the member's name found on the list opposite the corresponding number, who
shall then select a seat not previously selected. In like manner all members
entering upon their first terms shall select seats. Any representative-elect
necessarily absent on the first day of the session may, in writing, appoint any
representative to select a seat for him, and if no one appears for such absent
representative-elect, then the clerk of the house shall make a selection for
him, when his name is called.between
the political parties whose members were duly elected to the office of state
representative at the immediately preceding general election.
(3) If any member is not assigned a
seat under subsection (2), the majority leader of the house of representatives
shall assign that member to a seat.
(4)
The assignments to a seat under this section must be printed in the house
journal.
(5) This act does
not apply if section 54 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963 is
repealed or is amended after the effective date of the amendatory act that
added this subsection.
