SENATE BILL No. 836

 

 

November 10, 2011, Introduced by Senator JONES and referred to the Committee on Redistricting.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending sections 543 and 8140 (MCL 600.543 and 600.8140).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 543. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

forty-second judicial circuit consists of the county of Midland and

 

has 2 judges.

 

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

 

forty-second judicial circuit has 1 judge:

 

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

 

circuit judge in the forty-second judicial circuit.

 

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

 

circuit judge in the forty-second judicial circuit no longer seeks

 

election or reelection to that office.


 

     Sec. 8140. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

seventy-fifth district consists of the county of Midland, is a

 

district of the first class, and has 2 judges.

 

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

 

seventy-fifth district has 1 judge:

 

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

 

district judge in the seventy-fifth district.

 

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

 

district judge in the seventy-fifth district no longer seeks

 

election or reelection to that office.