MCL 397.211: (1) Immediately after a township has voted to establish a free public library, a library board shall be established by the township as prescribed in subsections (3) and (4).

(2) If a township has a free public library which has not elected a library board, the township shall establish a library board as prescribed in subsections (3) and (4).

(3) The township board of a township described in subsection (1) or (2) shall appoint a provisional library board of 6 directors who shall hold office until the next township election of a permanent library board.

(4) A permanent library board shall be established for a township described in subsection (1) or (2) as follows:

In a township holding elections for township officers every 4 years, 6 directors shall be elected for 4-year terms at the primary and general elections in 1984. A term of office shall not be shortened by this subdivision. A director scheduled by this section before March 31, 1981, to be elected at a time other than 1984 shall not be elected on the date scheduled, but shall continue in office until a successor takes office pursuant to the election of 1984.

The directors shall be nominated and elected on nonpartisan ballots. A candidate for township library director shall file nonpartisan nominating petitions bearing the signatures of a number of registered and qualified electors of that township as follows:

(i) For a township having a population of 9,999 or less, not less than 6 or more than 20 signatures.

(ii) For a township having a population of 10,000 or more, not less than 40 or more than 100 signatures.

(e) In lieu of the nominating petitions prescribed in subdivision (d), an individual may file with the clerk conducting an election a $100.00 nonrefundable fee to have his or her name placed on the ballot.

(f) The Michigan Election Law, Public Act 116 of 1954, MCL 168.1, et seq., shall govern the circulation and filing of nonpartisan nominating petitions and the conduct of nonpartisan elections under this section.

(5) A director shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified.

(6) A library board shall fill a vacancy in a directorship by appointment of a person to hold office until the next election.

(7) A provisional or permanent library board has the powers prescribed in section 5.