SB-0925, As Passed Senate, January 25, 2006
December 7, 2005, Introduced by Senator SANBORN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 517 (MCL 600.517), as amended by 2002 PA 715.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
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.