HB-5075, As Passed House, December 8, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5075

 

October 13, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Pettalia and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending sections 528 and 8144 (MCL 600.528 and 600.8144),

 

section 528 as amended by 1988 PA 134 and section 8144 as amended

 

by 2002 PA 92.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 528. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

twenty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Newaygo

 

and Oceana and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this judicial

 

circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 1989.2

 

judges.

 

     (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the

 

twenty-seventh judicial circuit has 1 judge:

 


House Bill No. 5075 as amended December 7, 2011

     (a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of

 

circuit judge in the twenty-seventh judicial circuit.

 

     (b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent

 

circuit judge in the twenty-seventh judicial circuit no longer

 

seeks election or reelection to that office.

 

     Sec. 8144. (1) The [Until the date determined under] subsection

 (2), the

 

seventy-ninth district consists of the counties of Oceana and

 

Mason, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning

 

April 1, 2003, the seventy-ninth district consists of the counties

 

of Lake and Mason, is a district of the first class, and has 1

 

judge.

 

     (2) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the

 

office of district judge in the seventy-ninth district or the

 

beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge

 

in the seventy-ninth district no longer seeks election or

 

reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the seventy-ninth

 

district consists of the counties of Lake and Mason and is a

 

district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge

 

for the county of Lake shall serve as judge of the seventy-ninth

 

district within the county of Lake and the probate judge for the

 

county of Mason shall serve as judge of the seventy-ninth district

 

within the county of Mason.