Bill Text: MI HB5095 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Courts; judges; certain district court judgeship; reduce in number. Amends sec. 8160 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8160).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-22 - Assigned Pa 21'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5095 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5095-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5095

 

October 18, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Roy Schmidt and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending sections 542 and 8160 (MCL 600.542 and 600.8160),

 

section 542 as amended by 1984 PA 95.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 542. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

forty-first judicial circuit consists of the counties of Dickinson,

 

Iron, and Menominee and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this

 

circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 1985.2

 

judges.

 

     (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the

 

forty-first judicial circuit has 1 judge:

 

     (a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of

 

circuit judge in the forty-first judicial circuit.

 

     (b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent

 

circuit judge in the forty-first judicial circuit no longer seeks

 

election or reelection to that office.

 

     Sec. 8160. (1) The ninety-fifth-a district consists of the

 

county of Menominee, is a district of the first class, and has the

 

following number of judges:

 

     (a) Until the date determined under subdivision (b), the

 

ninety-fifth-a district has 1 judge.

 

     (b) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the

 

office of district judge in the ninety-fifth-a district or the

 

beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge

 

in the ninety-fifth-a district no longer seeks election or

 

reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the ninety-fifth-a

 

district consists of the county of Menominee and is a district of

 

the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the

 

county of Menominee shall serve as judge of the ninety-fifth-a

 

district.

 

     (2) The ninety-fifth-b district consists of the counties of

 

Dickinson and Iron, is a district of the first class, and has 1

 

judge.