This subchapter shall become effective as follows:
(A) With respect to the Village Clerk, this subchapter shall become effective immediately, subject to the terms and provisions of division (B) below; and
(B) With respect to the Village Treasurer, this subchapter shall become effective on the second Monday of March in the year 2000; provided, however, that the effective date of this subchapter shall not be earlier than:
(1) Beginning with the first term the nomination deadline for which would have been not less than 30 days after the affective date of this subchapter or when the office of Clerk or Treasurer, or both, is vacated, whichever shall first occur; and
(2) No sooner than 45 days after the adoption hereof, unless a petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered electors of the village is filed with the Village Clerk with the 45-day period, in which case the ordinance takes effect upon approval at an election held on the question, pursuant to M.C.L.A. § 62.1(4), as amended.
(2005 Code, § 4.003) (Ord. 1-98, passed 2-29-1997)