Bill Text: MI HB5204 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Courts: court of appeals; jurisdiction of the court of appeals; expand to include state bar admissions. Amends secs. 910 & 913 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.910 & 600.913).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2024-12-31 - Presented To The Governor 01/08/2025 02:10 Pm [HB5204 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5204-Enrolled.html
state of michigan
102nd Legislature
Regular session of 2024
Introduced by Rep. Breen
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5204
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 910 and 913 (MCL 600.910 and 600.913).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 910. The supreme court and each circuit court has jurisdiction to admit individuals who possess the required qualifications to the bar of this state, to disbar or suspend members of the bar for misconduct, and to reinstate licenses to practice law. Each court of appeals judicial district has jurisdiction to admit individuals who possess the required qualifications to the bar of this state. All of the matters and proceedings described in this section are civil in nature, and the venue of the matters and proceedings is subject to regulation by the supreme court.
Sec. 913. (1) The clerk of the supreme court, the chief clerk of the court of appeals, and the clerk of each circuit court shall, when an individual is admitted to the bar by that court, do all of the following:
(a) Administer to the individual the oath prescribed by the supreme court for members of the bar.
(b) Upon payment of $25.00, issue to the individual a certificate of admission.
(c) Keep a record of the admission in the roll of attorneys and the journal of that court.
(d)
Promptly transmit to the clerk of the supreme
court and to the State Bar of Michigan without charge certified copies of the
orders of admission.
(2) If a member of the bar is suspended, disbarred, or held in contempt, or if an individual is reinstated as a member of the bar, the clerk of the court so doing shall transmit to the clerk of the supreme court and to the State Bar of Michigan without charge certified copies of those orders.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
