Bill Text: MI HB5095 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Courts; judges; certain district court judgeship; reduce in number. Amends sec. 8160 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.8160).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-22 - Assigned Pa 21'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5095 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5095-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 21

Public Acts of 2012

Approved by the Governor

February 21, 2012

Filed with the Secretary of State

February 22, 2012

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 2012

STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Rep. Roy Schmidt

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5095

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 8160 (MCL 600.8160).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 8160. (1) The ninety-fifth-a district consists of the county of Menominee, is a district of the first class, and has the following number of judges:

(a) Until the date determined under subdivision (b), the ninety-fifth-a district has 1 judge.

(b) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the ninety-fifth-a district or the beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge in the ninety-fifth-a district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the ninety-fifth-a district consists of the county of Menominee and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the county of Menominee shall serve as judge of the ninety-fifth-a district.

(2) The ninety-fifth-b district consists of the counties of Dickinson and Iron, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor