Michigan Senate
The Senate of Michigan (Michigan State Senate ) is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. state of Michigan.
The chamber of parliament is composed of 38 Senators representing an electoral district respectively. Each of these units includes a specified number 212400-263500 inhabitants. The senators are elected at the same time as the Governor of Michigan and have just as a four -year term. The elections have been postponed by two years on the U.S. presidential election. The term of office of a Senator begins on 1 January following the general election in November before. Senators who were not more than half of any term of a senator operates are eligible to serve two full terms, eight years.
The meeting room of the Senate is located together with the House of Representatives in the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing the capital.
Tasks of the Senate
The Senate from Michigan in the fall as upper houses in other states and territories, as well as in the U.S. Senate compared to the House of Representatives special tasks that go beyond the law. So it is up to the Senate, nominations of the Governor in his cabinet to accept or reject other offices of the executive branch and commissions and authorities.