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.
Structure Michigan constitution