Bill Text: MI SB0843 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts; judges; certain district court judgeships; reduce in number. Amends secs. 8125 & 8134 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8125 & 600.8134).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-29 - Reassigned To Committee On Judiciary [SB0843 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0843-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 843
November 10, 2011, Introduced by Senator HILDENBRAND and referred to the Committee on Redistricting.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending sections 8125 and 8134 (MCL 600.8125 and 600.8134),
section 8125 as amended by 1995 PA 112 and section 8134 as amended
by 2001 PA 253.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8125. (1) The fifty-fourth-a district consists of the
city of Lansing, is a district of the third class, and has the
following number of judges:
(a)
Through December 31, 1995, 6 judges.Until the date
determined under subdivision (b) takes effect, this district has 5
judges.
(b)
Beginning January 1, 1996, 5 judges.Beginning on the
earlier of the following dates, the fifty-fourth-a district has 4
judges:
(i) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of
district judge in the fifty-fourth-a district.
(ii) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent
district judge in the fifty-fourth-a district no longer seeks
election or reelection to that office.
(2) The fifty-fourth-b district consists of the city of East
Lansing, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.
(3) The fifty-fifth district consists of the county of Ingham
except the cities of Lansing and East Lansing, is a district of the
second class, and has 2 judges.
Sec. 8134. (1) The sixty-seventh district consists of the
county of Genesee except the city of Flint, is a district of the
second class, and is divided into the following election divisions:
(a) The first division consists of the cities of Flushing and
Clio and the townships of Flushing, Flint, Montrose, Thetford, and
Vienna and has 1 judge.
(b) The second division consists of the cities of Davison and
Burton and the townships of Davison, Forest, Richfield, and Atlas
and has 2 judges.
(c) The third division consists of the city of Mt. Morris and
the townships of Mt. Morris and Genesee and has 1 judge.
(d) The fourth division consists of the cities of Fenton,
Grand Blanc, and Swartz Creek and the townships of Fenton,
Argentine, Grand Blanc, Mundy, Gaines, and Clayton and has 2
judges.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the
county board of commissioners may by resolution designate the
county seat as a place where the court for the sixty-seventh
district shall sit in a central court facility. The adoption of
such
a resolution shall described in this subsection does not
require the approval of the majority of the judges of the district,
and
shall bind binds the county to maintain a court facility in
each municipality in the sixty-seventh district where a court
facility exists on the date of the resolution.
(3) The sixty-eighth district consists of the city of Flint,
is a district of the third class, and has the following number of
judges:
(a) Until the date determined under subdivision (b) takes
effect,
this district has 6 5 judges.
(b)
This district has 5 4 judges beginning on the earlier of
the following dates:
(i) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of
district
judge in this the
sixty-eighth district.
(ii) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent
district
judge in this the
sixty-eighth district no longer seeks
election or reelection to that office.
