Bill Text: MI HB5259 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Enrolled

Michigan House Bill 5259 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Courts: judges; number of judges in Ottawa County; modify. Amends sec. 521 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.521).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2021-12-01 - Re-referred To Committee On Judiciary [HB5259 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB5259-Enrolled.html

state of michigan

101st Legislature

Regular session of 2021

Introduced by Rep. Meerman

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5259

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 section 521 (MCL 600.521), as amended by 2001 PA 256.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 521. The twentieth judicial circuit consists of the county of Ottawa and has 4 judges. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 2023. If this judgeship is added to the twentieth judicial circuit, the initial term of office of the judgeship is 8 years.

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Description automatically generated This act is ordered to take immediate effect.