REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
Chapter 11
COURT STENOGRAPHERS


600.1101 Court reporters or certified court recorders; number.

Sec. 1101.

     Each circuit court in this state shall have as many court reporters or certified court recorders as it has judges.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1104 Court reporter or recorder; appointment; oath of office; appointment for more than 1 circuit.

Sec. 1104.

     Every reporter or recorder shall be appointed by the governor after having first been recommended by the judge or judges of the court to which he or she is appointed and he or she is an officer of that court. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office he or she shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. No person may be appointed a reporter or recorder for more than 1 judicial circuit unless he or she personally performs the duties of reporter or recorder in each of the circuits for which he or she has been appointed.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1105 Court reporter or recorder; term; suspension.

Sec. 1105.

     Every reporter or recorder shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor unless suspended for incompetency or misconduct, by the court to which he or she is appointed. In the case of a suspension, the reporter or recorder shall cease to hold the office of reporter or recorder unless by order of the court his or her suspension is rescinded. If the suspension is not rescinded within 30 days of the order of suspension, the office shall become vacant.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1106 Court reporter or recorder; vacancy; notice; temporary absence; payment of reporter or recorder pro tempore.

Sec. 1106.

     In case of a vacancy in the office of the reporter or recorder from any cause of a permanent nature, the appointment shall be made in accordance with section 1104, after notice has been given the governor of the vacancy by the chief or only judge of the circuit or the court administrator. In case of a temporary absence of the reporter or recorder, the reporter or recorder shall appoint some competent person who has been approved by the judge to act as a reporter or recorder pro tempore and who shall be paid by the reporter or recorder in whose place he or she acts. If the temporary absence of the reporter or recorder is due to illness, the reporter or recorder pro tempore shall be paid out of the county treasury, such sum as may be approved by the county board of commissioners or in counties having a board of auditors by that board. However, such payment shall not exceed payment for 30 calendar days in any 1 calendar year.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1107 Appointment of assistant or additional reporter or recorder; power; compensation.

Sec. 1107.

     Every reporter or recorder may appoint 1 or more assistants who have first been approved by the circuit judge or judges and who shall qualify as reporters or recorders as prescribed in this statute. The assistant or additional reporter or recorder shall have the power to act in the place of the reporter or recorder and shall be paid by the reporter or recorder. The reporter or recorder or circuit judge shall have the power to revoke the appointment at any time. Whenever the chief or only judge of any judicial circuit deems it necessary for the dispatch of business of the court, he or she may authorize the reporter or recorder to employ 1 or more temporary assistants who shall receive compensation to be paid by the county, after the judge of the court certifies to the reasonableness of the compensation.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1111 Reporter or recorder; duties; supervision.

Sec. 1111.

     The reporter or recorder shall perform the duties assigned by the rules of the supreme court, and by the court to which he or she is appointed, under the supervision of a judge of the court to which he or she is appointed.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1114 Reporter or recorder; compensation; order.

Sec. 1114.

     The reporter or recorder of each circuit shall receive as compensation for his or her services the salary specified in this chapter payable in monthly installments out of the treasuries of the counties composing the circuit of which he or she is the reporter or recorder upon the order of the clerk of the court or board of county auditors who are authorized and required to draw the orders. The county treasurer shall pay an installment upon presentation of an order.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996
Compiler's Notes: Sections 2 and 4 of Act 438 of 1980 provide:“Conditional effective date; action constituting exercise of option; effect of exercising option.“Section 2. (1) This amendatory act shall not take effect unless the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne, by resolutions adopted not later than May 1, 1981, by the governing bodies of the city and the county, respectively, agree to assume responsibility for any expenses required of the city or the county by this amendatory act, and the bills listed in enacting section 7 which are enacted and take effect.“(2) If the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne, acting through their governing bodies, agree to assume responsibility for any expenses required of the city and the county by this amendatory act, and the bills listed in enacting section 7 which are enacted and take effect, that action constitutes an exercise of the city's and the county's option to provide a new activity or service or to increase the level of activity or service offered in the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne beyond that required by existing law, as the elements of that option are defined by Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1979, being sections 21.231 to 21.244 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and a voluntary acceptance by the city and the county of all expenses and capital improvements which may result from establishment of the district court in the thirty-sixth district and the reorganization of the circuit court in the third judicial circuit and the recorder's court of the city of Detroit. However, the exercise of the option does not affect the state's obligation to pay the same portion of each district or circuit judge's salary which is paid by the state to the other district or circuit judges, or to appropriate and disburse funds to the district control units, city, or county, for the necessary costs of state requirements established by a state law, other than this amendatory act or the bills listed in enacting section 7 which becomes effective on or after December 23, 1978.”The resolutions referred to in Section 2 were adopted by the city council of the city of Detroit on April 29, 1981, and by the board of commissioners of the county of Wayne on April 30, 1981.“Effective date of certain sections.“Section 4. Sections 304, 555, 563, 564, 567, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 641, 821, 1114, 1123, 1168, 1302, 1303, 1306, 1417, 1471, 1481, 5706, 8202, 8271, 8272, 8273, 8275, 8281, 8283, 8302, 8314, 8322, 8501, 8521, 8525, 8535, 8621, 9924, 9944, and 9947 shall take effect September 1, 1981.”





600.1115 Reporter or recorder; apportionment of salary in circuit composed of more than 1 county.

Sec. 1115.

     In every circuit composed of more than 1 county, unless some other method of apportionment is prescribed in this act to make up the salary of the reporter or recorder, each county board of commissioners in the circuit shall appropriate annually such portion of the amount of the salary as shall be assigned to it by the chief or only circuit judge in proportion to the number of civil actions commenced in the circuit court for those counties respectively during the preceding year. It shall be the duty of the chief or only circuit judge of each circuit composed of more than 1 county on the first day of January of each year or as soon thereafter as possible, to apportion the amount of the salary to be paid by each county in his or her circuit as provided in this section and to notify the clerk of each county in the circuit of the proportion to be paid by that county. If there is only 1 county in the circuit, the salary of the reporter or recorder shall be paid out of the treasury of that county in the manner prescribed in section 1114(1).


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1116 Reporter or recorder; membership in retirement or social security plan.

Sec. 1116.

     All reporters or recorders shall be eligible for membership in and benefits of the retirement or the social security plan by the county or any 1 of the counties which pays a portion of his or her salary.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1121 Salary; first circuit.

Sec. 1121.

     In the first circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1122 Salary; second circuit.

Sec. 1122.

     In the second circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1123 Repealed. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to third circuit salary.





600.1124 Salary; fourth circuit.

Sec. 1124.

     In the fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1125 Salary; fifth circuit.

Sec. 1125.

     In the fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1126 Salary; sixth circuit.

Sec. 1126.

     In the sixth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1127 Salary; seventh circuit.

Sec. 1127.

     In the seventh circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1128 Salary; eighth circuit.

Sec. 1128.

     In the eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1129 Salary; ninth circuit.

Sec. 1129.

     In the ninth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1130 Salary; tenth circuit.

Sec. 1130.

     In the tenth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1131 Salary; eleventh circuit.

Sec. 1131.

     In the eleventh circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1132 Salary; twelfth circuit.

Sec. 1132.

     In the twelfth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1133 Salary; thirteenth circuit.

Sec. 1133.

     In the thirteenth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1134 Salary; fourteenth circuit.

Sec. 1134.

     In the fourteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1135 Salary; fifteenth circuit.

Sec. 1135.

     In the fifteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1136 Salary; sixteenth circuit.

Sec. 1136.

     In the sixteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1137 Salary; seventeenth circuit.

Sec. 1137.

     In the seventeenth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1138 Salary; eighteenth circuit.

Sec. 1138.

     In the eighteenth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1139 Salary; nineteenth circuit.

Sec. 1139.

     In the nineteenth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1140 Salary; twentieth circuit.

Sec. 1140.

     In the twentieth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1141 Salary; twenty-first circuit.

Sec. 1141.

     In the twenty-first circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1142 Salary; twenty-second circuit.

Sec. 1142.

     In the twenty-second circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1143 Salary; twenty-third circuit.

Sec. 1143.

     In the twenty-third circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1144 Salary; twenty-fourth circuit.

Sec. 1144.

     In the twenty-fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1145 Salary; twenty-fifth circuit.

Sec. 1145.

     In the twenty-fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1146 Salary; twenty-sixth circuit.

Sec. 1146.

     In the twenty-sixth circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1147 Salary; twenty-seventh circuit.

Sec. 1147.

     In the twenty-seventh circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1148 Salary; twenty-eighth circuit.

Sec. 1148.

     In the twenty-eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1149 Salary; twenty-ninth circuit.

Sec. 1149.

     In the twenty-ninth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1150 Salary; thirtieth circuit.

Sec. 1150.

     In the thirtieth circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $14,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1151 Salary; thirty-first circuit.

Sec. 1151.

     In the thirty-first circuit, each stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1152 Salary; thirty-second circuit.

Sec. 1152.

     In the thirty-second circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1153 Salary; thirty-third circuit.

Sec. 1153.

     In the thirty-third circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1154 Salary; thirty-fourth circuit.

Sec. 1154.

     In the thirty-fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1155 Salary; thirty-fifth circuit.

Sec. 1155.

     In the thirty-fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1156 Salary; thirty-sixth circuit.

Sec. 1156.

     In the thirty-sixth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1157 Salary; thirty-seventh circuit.

Sec. 1157.

     In the thirty-seventh circuit, the stenographer of each division shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1158 Salary; thirty-eighth circuit.

Sec. 1158.

     In the thirty-eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1159 Salary; thirty-ninth circuit.

Sec. 1159.

     In the thirty-ninth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1160 Salary; fortieth circuit.

Sec. 1160.

     In the fortieth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1161 Salary; forty-first circuit.

Sec. 1161.

     In the forty-first circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1162 Salary; forty-second circuit.

Sec. 1162.

     In the forty-second circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1966, Act 304, Eff. Jan. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1162a Salary; forty-third circuit.

Sec. 1162a.

     In the forty-third circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1162b Salary; forty-fourth circuit.

Sec. 1162b.

     In the forty-fourth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1162c Salary; forty-fifth circuit.

Sec. 1162c.

     In the forty-fifth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1162d Salary; forty-sixth circuit.

Sec. 1162d.

     In the forty-sixth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1972, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1973 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975





600.1162e Salary; forty-seventh circuit.

Sec. 1162e.

     In the forty-seventh circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1974, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1974 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975
Compiler's Notes: Sections 2 to 7 of Act 145 of 1974 provide:“Effective date of changes.“Section 2. The changes in the composition of judicial circuits or district court districts as provided in this amendatory act shall become effective for judicial purposes on January 1, 1975.“Election of additional circuit and district judges; assumption of office; appearance of new judgeships on ballot; nominating petitions; incumbent judges.“Section 3. The additional circuit and district judges authorized by this amendatory act shall be elected in 1974 and shall assume office on January 1, 1975. The new judgeships authorized by this amendatory act shall appear on the ballot separate and apart from other judicial offices on the ballot in the primary and general election in the respective judicial circuits and district court districts. If another judicial office of the same court is to be filled by election in the same circuit or district, a candidate for a new judgeship authorized in that circuit or district by this amendatory act shall indicate, at the time of filing his nominating petitions, whether he is filing for a new judgeship or for 1 of the other judicial offices of the same court to be filled by election in the applicable year. Petitions for a new judgeship created by this act must bear signatures affixed thereto after the effective date of this act. Any incumbent circuit or district judge whose term is expiring January 1, 1975, and who is seeking election to a judicial office of the same court in 1974 is entitled to the designation of his office even if he is a candidate for a new office of the same court authorized by this amendatory act.“Nominating petitions.“Section 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nominating petitions for the offices added by this 1974 amendatory act shall contain not less than 1/2 of 1% nor more than 2% of the total number of votes cast in that judicial circuit for secretary of state at the last preceding general November election in which a secretary of state was elected.“Nomination, election, and terms of candidates for new circuit judgeships.“Section 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1972, the 10 candidates for the new circuit judgeships in the third judicial circuit created by Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1972 who receive the highest votes in the August primary election shall be deemed nominated for the 5 new judgeships created thereby. Of the additional judgeships so created for the third judicial circuit the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the 1974 general election shall be elected for a term of 10 years, the candidates receiving the second and third highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 8 years, and the candidates receiving the fourth and fifth highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 6 years.“Terms of additional circuit judges.“Section 6. The additional circuit judges authorized by this amendatory act shall be elected for a term of 6 years except that the additional circuit judge authorized by this amendatory act in the forty-fourth judicial circuit shall be elected for a term of 8 years.“Terms of additional district judges in certain districts.“Section 7. In districts in which the district court is already functioning on the effective date of this amendatory act, the additional district judges authorized by this amendatory act shall be elected for a term of 6 years, except that the additional district judges authorized in the first election division of the ninth district and in the fifteenth district shall be elected for a term of 8 years and that the additional district judge authorized in the newly divided forty-first-a district shall be elected for a term of 4 years.”





600.1162f Salary; forty-eighth circuit.

Sec. 1162f.

     In the forty-eighth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1974, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1974 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975
Compiler's Notes: Sections 2 to 7 of Act 145 of 1974 provide:“Effective date of changes.“Section 2. The changes in the composition of judicial circuits or district court districts as provided in this amendatory act shall become effective for judicial purposes on January 1, 1975.“Election of additional circuit and district judges; assumption of office; appearance of new judgeships on ballot; nominating petitions; incumbent judges.“Section 3. The additional circuit and district judges authorized by this amendatory act shall be elected in 1974 and shall assume office on January 1, 1975. The new judgeships authorized by this amendatory act shall appear on the ballot separate and apart from other judicial offices on the ballot in the primary and general election in the respective judicial circuits and district court districts. If another judicial office of the same court is to be filled by election in the same circuit or district, a candidate for a new judgeship authorized in that circuit or district by this amendatory act shall indicate, at the time of filing his nominating petitions, whether he is filing for a new judgeship or for 1 of the other judicial offices of the same court to be filled by election in the applicable year. Petitions for a new judgeship created by this act must bear signatures affixed thereto after the effective date of this act. Any incumbent circuit or district judge whose term is expiring January 1, 1975, and who is seeking election to a judicial office of the same court in 1974 is entitled to the designation of his office even if he is a candidate for a new office of the same court authorized by this amendatory act.“Nominating petitions.“Section 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nominating petitions for the offices added by this 1974 amendatory act shall contain not less than 1/2 of 1% nor more than 2% of the total number of votes cast in that judicial circuit for secretary of state at the last preceding general November election in which a secretary of state was elected.“Nomination, election, and terms of candidates for new circuit judgeships.“Section 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1972, the 10 candidates for the new circuit judgeships in the third judicial circuit created by Act No. 169 of the Public Acts of 1972 who receive the highest votes in the August primary election shall be deemed nominated for the 5 new judgeships created thereby. Of the additional judgeships so created for the third judicial circuit the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the 1974 general election shall be elected for a term of 10 years, the candidates receiving the second and third highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 8 years, and the candidates receiving the fourth and fifth highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 6 years.“Terms of additional circuit judges.“Section 6. The additional circuit judges authorized by this amendatory act shall be elected for a term of 6 years except that the additional circuit judge authorized by this amendatory act in the forty-fourth judicial circuit shall be elected for a term of 8 years.“Terms of additional district judges in certain districts.“Section 7. In districts in which the district court is already functioning on the effective date of this amendatory act, the additional district judges authorized by this amendatory act shall be elected for a term of 6 years, except that the additional district judges authorized in the first election division of the ninth district and in the fifteenth district shall be elected for a term of 8 years and that the additional district judge authorized in the newly divided forty-first-a district shall be elected for a term of 4 years.”





600.1162g Salary; forty-ninth circuit.

Sec. 1162g.

     In the forty-ninth circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1976





600.1162h Salary; fiftieth judicial circuit.

Sec. 1162h.

     In the fiftieth judicial circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1976





600.1162i Judicial circuit stenographer; salary.

Sec. 1162i.

     In a judicial circuit created after May 1, 1978, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.


History: Add. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978
Compiler's Notes: Sections 2 to 7 of Act 164 of 1978 provide:“Sections 600.6404, 600.6410, and 600.6413 effective January 1, 1979; effective date of changes in composition of judicial circuits or district court districts.“Section 2. Sections 6404, 6410, and 6413 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, being sections 600.6404, 600.6410, and 600.6413 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, shall not take effect until January 1, 1979. Except as otherwise provided in sections 524, 527, and 534 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended by this amendatory act, being sections 600.524, 600.527, and 600.534 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, the changes in the composition of judicial circuits or district court districts as provided in this amendatory act shall become effective for judicial purposes on January 1, 1979.“Election to fill new circuit and district judgeships; term.“Section 3. Except as otherwise provided in sections 4, 5, 6 and 7, the new circuit and district judgeships created by this amendatory act shall be filled by election pursuant to Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for a term of 6 years commencing January 1, 1979.“Ballot; nominating petition; affidavit of candidacy.“Section 4. The new judgeships authorized by this amendatory act shall appear on the ballot separate and apart from other judicial offices on the ballot in the primary and general election in the respective circuit and district court districts. If another judicial office of the same court is to be filled by election in the same circuit or district, a candidate for a new judgeship authorized in that circuit or district by this amendatory act shall indicate, at the time of filing nominating petitions, whether the candidate is filing for a new judgeship or for 1 of the other judicial offices of the same court to be filled by election in the applicable year. Petitions for a new judgeship created by this act shall bear signatures affixed to the petition after the effective date of this act. An elected incumbent circuit judge in a circuit in which the number of circuit judges has been increased by this amendatory act may become a candidate in the primary election for that office for any term for which a circuit judge is to be elected at the 1978 general election in that circuit by filing an affidavit of candidacy with the secretary of state not later than 4 days after the effective date of this amendatory act.“Terms of judges.“Section 5. Of the 2 additional judgeships created for the third judicial circuit, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the 1978 general election shall be elected for a term of 8 years and the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 6 years. Of the 3 additional judgeships created for the sixth judicial circuit, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the 1978 general election shall be elected for a term of 8 years and the candidates receiving the second and third highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 6 years. Of the 2 additional judgeships created for the thirtieth judicial circuit, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the 1978 general election shall be elected for a term of 8 years and the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 6 years. The additional circuit judges authorized by this amendatory act in the eighth, seventeenth, and twenty-ninth judicial circuits shall be elected for a term of 8 years. The additional circuit judge authorized by this amendatory act in the eighteenth, thirty-first, thirty-eighth, and fortieth judicial circuits shall be elected for a term of 10 years. The additional district judges authorized in the thirty-fifth and forty-first-a districts and in the first division of the fifty-sixth district shall be elected for a term of 4 years.“Election of additional judges; assumption and term of office.“Section 6. (1) The additional district judges authorized by this amendatory act in the fifty-fourth-b district and the first division of the fifty-second district shall be elected in 1980 and shall assume office on January 1, 1981, for a term of 4 years.“(2) The additional circuit judge authorized by this amendatory act in the fourteenth judicial circuit shall be elected in 1980 and shall assume office on January 1, 1981, for a term of 8 years.“Residence of certain circuit judges; effect.“Section 7. If the circuit judge elected in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit in 1978 is a resident of the county of Cheboygan on June 6, 1978, that person shall continue during the remainder of his or her term after January 1, 1981 as a judge of the thirty-third judicial circuit and the second circuit judgeship authorized by law for the twenty-sixth judicial circuit shall be filled by election in 1980 for a term of 8 years. If the circuit judge elected in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit in 1978 is a resident of 1 of the counties of Alpena, Montmorency, or Presque Isle on June 6, 1978, that person shall continue during the remainder of his or her term after January 1, 1981 as a judge of the twenty-sixth judicial circuit and the second circuit judgeship authorized by law for the thirty-third judicial circuit shall be filled by election in 1980 for a term of 6 years.”Section 1 of Act 128 of 1980 provides:“Enacting sections amended; revised judicature act of 1961.“Section 1. Enacting sections 6 and 7 of Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1978 are amended to read as follows:“Election of additional judges; assumption and terms of office.“Section 6. (1) The additional district judge authorized by this amendatory act in the first division of the fifty-second district shall be elected in 1980 and shall assume office on January 1, 1981, for a term of 8 years.“(2) The additional circuit judge authorized by this amendatory act in the fourteenth judicial circuit shall be elected in 1980 and shall assume office on January 1, 1981, for a term of 8 years.“Twenty-sixth judicial circuit; vacancy; residence of candidates; eligibility of electors; failure of Cheboygan county to approve creation of fifty-third judicial circuit and circuit judgeship.“Section 7. (1) If a vacancy occurs in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit between the effective date of this section, as amended, and June 3, 1980, candidates to fill the unexpired portion of the term shall be residents of the twenty-sixth judicial circuit as that circuit will be constituted on January 1, 1981, pursuant to this act. Electors of the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, and Presque Isle shall be eligible to vote in the primary and general elections of 1980 to fill that vacancy and electors of those counties are qualified to sign and circulate nominating petitions for candidates to fill the vacancy.“(2) If the county of Cheboygan does not approve the creation of the fifty-third judicial circuit and the circuit judgeship proposed for it pursuant to House Bill No. 5553 of the 1980 regular session of the legislature, the second circuit judgeship authorized by law for the thirty-third judicial circuit shall be filled by election in 1980 for a term of 6 years.”





600.1165 Repealed. 1980, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1980.


Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to filing statement of fees and additional compensation.





600.1168 Salary supplement.

Sec. 1168.

     The county board of commissioners of the counties comprising any judicial circuit may appropriate annually from the general fund additional amounts to supplement the salary of any reporter or recorder.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996
Compiler's Notes: Sections 2 and 4 of Act 438 of 1980 provide:“Conditional effective date; action constituting exercise of option; effect of exercising option.“Section 2. (1) This amendatory act shall not take effect unless the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne, by resolutions adopted not later than May 1, 1981, by the governing bodies of the city and the county, respectively, agree to assume responsibility for any expenses required of the city or the county by this amendatory act, and the bills listed in enacting section 7 which are enacted and take effect.“(2) If the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne, acting through their governing bodies, agree to assume responsibility for any expenses required of the city and the county by this amendatory act, and the bills listed in enacting section 7 which are enacted and take effect, that action constitutes an exercise of the city's and the county's option to provide a new activity or service or to increase the level of activity or service offered in the city of Detroit and the county of Wayne beyond that required by existing law, as the elements of that option are defined by Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1979, being sections 21.231 to 21.244 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and a voluntary acceptance by the city and the county of all expenses and capital improvements which may result from establishment of the district court in the thirty-sixth district and the reorganization of the circuit court in the third judicial circuit and the recorder's court of the city of Detroit. However, the exercise of the option does not affect the state's obligation to pay the same portion of each district or circuit judge's salary which is paid by the state to the other district or circuit judges, or to appropriate and disburse funds to the district control units, city, or county, for the necessary costs of state requirements established by a state law, other than this amendatory act or the bills listed in enacting section 7 which becomes effective on or after December 23, 1978.”The resolutions referred to in Section 2 were adopted by the city council of the city of Detroit on April 29, 1981, and by the board of commissioners of the county of Wayne on April 30, 1981.“Effective date of certain sections.“Section 4. Sections 304, 555, 563, 564, 567, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 641, 821, 1114, 1123, 1168, 1302, 1303, 1306, 1417, 1471, 1481, 5706, 8202, 8271, 8272, 8273, 8275, 8281, 8283, 8302, 8314, 8322, 8501, 8521, 8525, 8535, 8621, 9924, 9944, and 9947 shall take effect September 1, 1981.”





600.1171 Expenses.

Sec. 1171.

     The reporters or recorders shall be entitled to receive in addition to the salary provided for in this act the necessary and actual expenses incurred in attending court in the counties other than the county in which the reporter or recorder resides. Upon filing with the clerk of the county in which the reporter or recorder has attended a sworn statement that the money was expended by the reporter or recorder and that the expenditures were necessary in the performance of his or her service in that county, the clerk shall draw an order for payment and the treasurer of the county shall pay the ordered sum to the person entitled to it on the presentation of an order for payment properly drawn by the clerk. If the reporter or recorder does not reside within the circuit to which he or she is appointed, he or she shall be considered for the purpose of this section to reside in the county where the chief or only circuit judge of that circuit resides.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1175 Wayne and Kent counties; offices.

Sec. 1175.

     In the counties of Wayne and Kent, the county auditor shall provide a suitable office for the use of the reporters or recorders contiguous to the office of the clerk of the county.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987





600.1179 Assignment of reporter or recorder.

Sec. 1179.

     Upon the request of the judge to which the reporter or recorder is assigned, the court administrator may assign a reporter or recorder to a circuit other than the circuit to which the reporter or recorder was appointed. The reporter or recorder shall continue to receive his or her salary from the circuit to which he or she was appointed. If the salary listed in this chapter for the circuit visited is higher than the regular salary of the reporter or recorder, the circuit visited shall pay the difference to the reporter or recorder.


History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 308, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987



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