Bill Text: MI SB0837 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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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 (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-29 - Reassigned To Committee On Judiciary [SB0837 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0837-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 837

 

 

November 10, 2011, Introduced by Senator JONES and referred to the Committee on Redistricting.

 

 

 

     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:

 

     (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 second-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 eighty-eighth district consists of the counties

 

of Alpena and Montmorency, is a district of the first class, and

 

has 1 judge. 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 Except as provided in 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.