Bill Text: MI HB5121 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Courts; judges; number of judgeships in the sixteenth circuit court; increase. Amends sec. 517 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.517). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5122'13, HB 5123'13, HB 5124'13, HB 5125'13
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-27 - Assigned Pa 56'14 With Immediate Effect [HB5121 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5121-Engrossed.html
HB-5121, As Passed Senate, March 19, 2014
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5121
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 517 (MCL 600.517), as amended by 2009 PA 228.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 517. (1) The sixteenth judicial circuit consists of the
county
of Macomb and, except as otherwise
provided in subsection
(2),
this section, has 13 judges.
(2)
Subject to section 550, this circuit shall have has 12
judges during the period beginning 12 noon, January 1, 2011 and
ending 12 noon, January 1, 2017. The 1 judgeship temporarily
eliminated from this circuit during the period of January 1, 2011
to January 1, 2017 shall be the judgeship of a judge who is not
eligible to run for reelection due to constitutional limitation on
the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this
subsection.January 5, 2010.
(3) Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1
additional judge beginning January 1, 2017.
(4) Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1
additional judge beginning January 1, 2019. if this new judgeship
is added to the sixteenth judicial circuit, the initial term of
office of the judgeship shall be 8 years.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless the following bills of the 97th Legislature are enacted into
law:
(a) House Bill No. 5122.
(b) House Bill No. 5123.
(c) House Bill No. 5124.
(d) House Bill No. 5125.
