Bill Text: MI HB5094 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Courts; judges; certain district court judgeships; reduce in number. Amends secs. 8152, 8153 & 8154 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8152 et seq.).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-22 - Assigned Pa 20'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5094 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5094-Engrossed.html
HB-5094, As Passed House, December 8, 2011
HOUSE BILL No. 5094
October 18, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Oakes and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending sections 8152, 8153, and 8154 (MCL 600.8152, 600.8153,
and 600.8154), section 8152 as amended by 2008 PA 137.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
8152. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3),
the
eighty-seventh district consists of the counties of Crawford,
Kalkaska,
and Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has 1
judge.
(2)
If the condition in subsection (3) is met, all of the
following
apply effective January 2, 2009:
(1) (a)
The eighty-seventh eighty-seventh-A district consists
of the county of Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has
the following number of judges:
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(a) Until the date determined under subdivision (b), this
district
has 1 judge.
, and shall be redesignated as the
eighty-
seventh-A
district.
(b) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the
office of district judge in the eighty-seventh-A district or the
beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge
in the eighty-seventh-A district no longer seeks election or
reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the eighty-
seventh-A district consists of the county of Otsego and is a
district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge
for the county of Otsego shall serve as judge of the [eighty-seventh-A]
district.
(2) (b)
The eighty-seventh-B district
consists of the county
of
Kalkaska and is a district of the first class. Pursuant to Under
section 810a, the Kalkaska county probate judge shall serve as
judge of the eighty-seventh-B district.
(3) (c)
The eighty-seventh-C district
consists of the county
of
Crawford and is a district of the first class. Pursuant to Under
section 810a, the Crawford county probate judge shall serve as
judge of the eighty-seventh-C district.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not take effect unless the county of
Otsego
by resolution adopted by the governing body of the district
funding
unit approves the reformation of the eighty-seventh
district
and its redesignation as the eighty-seventh-A district and
files
a copy of the resolution with the state court administrator.
Sec.
8153. [The (1) Until the date determined under
subsection
(2), the] eighty-eighth district consists of the counties
of Alpena and Montmorency, is a district of the first class, and
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has 1 judge. [(2)] Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in
the
office of district judge in the eighty-eighth district or the
beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge
in the eighty-eighth district no longer seeks election or
reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the eighty-eighth
district consists of the counties of Alpena and Montmorency and is
a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate
judge for the county of Alpena shall serve as judge of the eighty-
eighth district within the county of Alpena, and the probate judge
for the county of Montmorency shall serve as judge of the eighty-
eighth district within the county of Montmorency.
Sec.
8154. (1) The [until the date determined under] subsection
(2), the
eighty-ninth district consists of the counties of Cheboygan and
Presque Isle, 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 eighty-ninth district or the
beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge
in the eighty-ninth district no longer seeks election or reelection
to that office, whichever is earlier, the eighty-ninth district
consists of the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle and is a
district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge
for the county of Cheboygan shall serve as judge of the eighty-
ninth district within the county of Cheboygan and the probate judge
for the county of Presque Isle shall serve as judge of the eighty-
ninth district within the county of Presque Isle.
