Bill Text: MI SB1162 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts: court of appeals; jurisdiction of the court of appeals to include admitting individuals to the state bar; expand.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-09-14 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary And Public Safety [SB1162 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB1162-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 1162
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending sections 910 and 913 (MCL 600.910 and 600.913).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 910. The supreme court and each circuit court has jurisdiction to admit to the bar of this state , persons individuals who possess the required qualifications, to disbar or suspend members of the bar for misconduct, and to reinstate licenses to practice law. In addition, each court of appeals judicial district has jurisdiction to admit to the bar of this state individuals who possess the required qualifications. All such of the matters and proceedings described in this section are declared to be civil in nature, and the venue thereof of these matters and proceedings is subject to regulation by the supreme court.
Sec. 913. (1) The clerk of the supreme court, the chief clerk of the court of appeals, and the clerk of each circuit court shall, when a person an individual is admitted to the bar by that court, administer do all of the following:
(a) Administer to the person individual the oath prescribed by the supreme court for members of the bar. , and upon
(b) Upon payment of the sum of $25.00, issue to that person individual a certificate of admission. , and keep
(c) Keep a record of the admission in the roll of attorneys and the journal of that court. , and transmit
(d) Transmit promptly to the clerk of the supreme court and to the state bar State Bar of Michigan without charge certified copies of the orders of admission.
(2) When If a member of the bar is suspended or disbarred, or is held in contempt, and when a person if an individual is reinstated as a member of the bar, the clerk of the court so doing shall transmit to the clerk of the supreme court and to the state bar State Bar of Michigan without charge certified copies of those orders.
