Sec. 4. (a) This section applies only to a member who by statute is appointed to a fixed term.

     (b) The term of an individual serving as a member begins on the latter of the following:

(1) The day the term of the member whom the individual is appointed to succeed expires. If the individual does not succeed a member, the member’s term begins as provided in subdivision (2).

(2) The day the individual is appointed.

     (c) The term of a member expires on July 1 of the second year after the expiration of the term of the member’s immediate predecessor. If the member has no immediate predecessor, the term of the member expires on July 1 of the second year after the member’s term began.

     (d) A member may be reappointed for a new term. A reappointed member is the member’s own:

(1) successor for purposes of subsection (b); and

(2) immediate predecessor for purposes of subsection (c).

As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.17.