§ 168.381Village officer; qualifications, nomination, election, appointment, term, and

removal; temporary appointment of trustees for transaction of business; expiration of
 appointment; filing for office; nominating petitions.
 Sec. 381.
    (1) Except as provided in this section and sections 383, 641, 642, 642a, and 644g, the
 qualifications, nomination, election, appointment, term of office, and removal from office of a
 village officer must be as determined by the charter provisions governing the village.
    (2) If the membership of the village council of a village governed by the general law village
 act, 1895 PA 3, MCL 61.1 to 74.25, is reduced to less than a quorum of 4 and a special
 election for the purpose of filling all vacancies in the office of trustee is called under section
 13 of chapter II of the general law village act, 1895 PA 3, MCL 62.13, temporary
 appointments of trustees must be made as provided in this subsection. The board of county
 election commissioners of the county in which the largest portion of the population of the
 village is situated shall make temporary appointment of the number of trustees required to
 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the village council. A trustee appointed
 under this subsection shall hold the office only until the trustee's successor is elected and
 qualified. A trustee who is temporarily appointed under this subsection shall not vote on the
 appointment of himself or herself to an elective or appointive village office.
    (3) Notwithstanding another provision of law or charter to the contrary, an appointment to
 an elective or appointive village office made by a quorum constituted by temporary
 appointments under this subsection expires upon the election and qualification of trustees
 under the special election called to fill the vacancies in the office of trustee.
    (4) Filing for a village office must be with the township clerk if the township is conducting
 the election or if the village is located in more than 1 township with the township in which the
 largest number of the registered electors of the village reside. Nominating petitions for village
 offices must be filed with the appropriate township clerk by 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday
 before the general November election. After a nominating petition is filed for a candidate for a
 village office, the candidate is not permitted to withdraw unless a written withdrawal notice,
 signed by the candidate, is filed with the appropriate township clerk not later than 4 p.m. of the
 third day after the last day for filing the nominating petition.