Sec. 3.
Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, all officers filling any office by election or appointment shall continue to exercise their powers and duties until their offices shall have been abolished or their successors selected and qualified in accordance with this constitution or the laws enacted pursuant thereto.
No provision of this constitution, or of law or of executive order authorized by this constitution shall shorten the term of any person elected to state office at a statewide election on or prior to the date on which this constitution is submitted to a vote. In the event the duties of any such officers shall not have been abolished or incorporated into one or more of the principal departments at the expiration of his term, such officer shall continue to serve until his duties are so incorporated or abolished.
History: Const. 1963, Schedule, § 3, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Schedule, § 5.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 1 - Constitution of The State of Michigan of 1963
CONSTITUTION OF MICHIGAN OF 1963 - State Constitution (Article I § 1 - § 0)
Schedule § 1 Recommendations by Attorney General for Changes in Laws.
Schedule § 2 Existing Public and Private Rights, Continuance.
Schedule § 3 Officers, Continuance in Office.
Schedule § 4 Officers Elected in Spring of 1963, Term.
Schedule § 5 State Elective Executive Officers and Senators, 2 and 4 Year Terms.
Schedule § 6 Supreme Court, Reduction to 7 Justices.
Schedule § 7 Judges of Probate, Eligibility for Re-Election.
Schedule § 8 Judicial Officers, Staggered Terms.
Schedule § 9 State Board of Education; First Election, Terms.
Schedule § 11 Michigan State University Trustees and Wayne State University Governors, Terms.
Schedule § 12 Initial Allocation of Departments by Law or Executive Order.
Schedule § 13 State Contracts, Continuance.
Schedule § 15 Submission of Constitution; Time, Notice.