Bill Text: MI HB5072 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Courts; judges; certain district court judgeships; reduce in number. Amends secs. 8158 & 8163 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8158 & 600.8163).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-29 - Assigned Pa 34'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5072 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5072-Chaptered.html
Act No. 34
Public Acts of 2012
Approved by the Governor
February 28, 2012
Filed with the Secretary of State
February 28, 2012
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2012
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Rep. Heise
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5072
AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 8158 and 8163 (MCL 600.8158 and 600.8163).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 8158. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the ninety-third district consists of the counties of Schoolcraft and Alger, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.
(2) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the ninety-third district or the beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge in the ninety-third district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the ninety-third district consists of the counties of Schoolcraft and Alger and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the fifth probate district described in section 807 shall serve as judge of the ninety-third district.
Sec. 8163. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the ninety-eighth district consists of the counties of Ontonagon and Gogebic, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.
(2) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the ninety-eighth district or the beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge in the ninety-eighth district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the ninety-eighth district consists of the counties of Gogebic and Ontonagon and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the county of Gogebic shall serve as judge of the ninety-eighth district within the county of Gogebic and the probate judge for the county of Ontonagon shall serve as judge of the ninety-eighth district within the county of Ontonagon.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
