(1) Until June 30, 2022, the seventy-eighth district consists of the counties of Newaygo and Oceana, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning July 1, 2022, the seventy-eighth district consists of the counties of Newaygo and Lake, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

    (2) The incumbent judge of the seventy-eighth district who resides in Newaygo County shall become the judge of the reformed seventy-eighth district on July 1, 2022, and shall serve until the term for which he or she was elected in the seventy-eighth district expires.