HB-5071, As Passed Senate, February 7, 2012

HOUSE BILL No. 5071

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

(As amended December 7, 2011)

(As amended February 7, 2012)

<<A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending section 8151 (MCL 600.8151), as amended by 2000 PA 38.>>

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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House Bill No. 5071 as amended February 7, 2012

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     Sec. 8151. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the

eighty-sixth district consists of the counties of Grand Traverse

and Leelanau, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges.

     (2) Effective March 26, 2000, the Except as provided in

subsection (2), the eighty-sixth district consists of the counties

of Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau, is a district of the first

class, and has 3 judges. Effective March 26, 2000, the additional

judgeship in this district shall be filled by the incumbent judge

of the eighty-seventh district residing in Antrim county with a

term ending January 1, 2001 who shall serve as a judge of the

eighty-sixth district for the balance of the term to which he or

she was elected or appointed.

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

eighty-sixth district has 2 judges:

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

district judge in the eighty-sixth district.

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

district judge in the eighty-sixth district no longer seeks

election or reelection to that office.