Bill Text: MI SB0839 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Courts; judges; certain circuit court and district court judgeships; reduce in number. Amends secs. 519 & 8139 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.519 & 600.8139).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-29 - Reassigned To Committee On Judiciary [SB0839 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0839-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 839

 

 

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 519 and 8139 (MCL 600.519 and 600.8139).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 519. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

eighteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Bay and has 3

 

judges.

 

     (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the

 

eighteenth judicial circuit has 2 judges:

 

     (a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of

 

circuit judge in the eighteenth judicial circuit.

 

     (b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent

 

circuit judge in the eighteenth judicial circuit no longer seeks

 

election or reelection to that office.

 

     Sec. 8139. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

seventy-fourth district consists of the county of Bay, is a

 

district of the first class, and has 3 judges.

 

     (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the

 

seventy-fourth district has 2 judges:

 

     (a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of the

 

district judge in the seventy-fourth district.

 

     (b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent

 

district judge in the seventy-fourth district no longer seeks

 

election or reelection to that office.