HB-5374, As Passed House, January 18, 2006

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5374

(As amended January 17, 2006)

     [A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending sections 507, 508, 517, 518, 549a, and 549g (MCL

600.507, 600.508, 600.517, 600.518, 600.549a, and 600.549g),

section 507 as amended by 2001 PA 252, section 508 as amended by 2001 PA

253, section 517 as amended by 2002 PA 715, section 518 as amended by

2001 PA 256, and section 549g as added by 1981 PA 182.]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 507. The sixth judicial circuit consists of the county of

Oakland and has  17  19 judges. Subject to section 550, this

judicial circuit may have  2  1 additional  judges  judge effective

January 1,  2003  2007.

[Sec. 508. The seventh judicial circuit consists of the county of Genesee and has  7  9 judges. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1,  2003 and 1 additional judge effective January 1, 2005  2007.]

     Sec. 517. The sixteenth judicial circuit consists of the

county of Macomb and has  9  12 judges. Subject to section 550,

this circuit may have  2  1 additional  judges  judge effective

January 1,  2003, and 1 additional judge effective January 1, 2005

2007.  If 2 new offices of judge are added to this circuit by

election in 2002, the candidate receiving the highest number of

votes in the November 2002 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. If a new

office of judge is added to this circuit by election in 2004, the

term of office of that judgeship for that election only shall be 8

years.

     Sec. 518. The seventeenth judicial circuit consists of the

county of Kent and has  7  9 judges. Subject to section 550, this

judicial circuit may have  2  1 additional  judges  judge effective

January 1,  2003  2007.

     Sec. 549a. The forty-ninth judicial circuit consists of the

counties of Mecosta and Osceola and has 1 judge. Subject to section

550, this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective

January 1, 2007.

     Sec. 549g.  If the county of Isabella approves the reformation

of the twenty-first judicial circuit pursuant to law and the

counties of Clare and Gladwin approve the creation of the fifty-

fifth judicial circuit pursuant to law, the  The fifty-fifth

judicial circuit consists of the counties of Clare and Gladwin and

has 1 judge.  effective January 1, 1982.  Subject to section 550,

this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January

House Bill No. 5374 (H-2) as amended January 17, 2006

1, 2007.

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House Bill No. 5374 (H-2) as amended January 17, 2006

House Bill No. 5374 (H-2) as amended January 17, 2006

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     Enacting section 1. If, pursuant to this amendatory act, a new

office of judge is added to the forty-ninth judicial circuit by

election in 2006, the term of office of that judgeship for that

election only shall be 8 years.