Act No. 20

Public Acts of 2012

Approved by the Governor

February 21, 2012

Filed with the Secretary of State

February 22, 2012

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 2012

STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Rep. Oakes

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5094

AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 8152, 8153, and 8154 (MCL 600.8152, 600.8153, and 600.8154), section 8152 as amended by 2008 PA 137.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 8152. (1) The eighty-seventh-A district consists of the county of Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has the following number of judges:

(a) Until the date determined under subdivision (b), this district has 1 judge.

(b) Beginning on the date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the eighty-seventh-A district or the beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge in the eighty-seventh-A district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the eighty-seventh-A district consists of the county of Otsego and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the county of Otsego shall serve as judge of the eighty-seventh-A district.

(2) The eighty-seventh-B district consists of the county of Kalkaska and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the Kalkaska county probate judge shall serve as judge of the eighty-seventh-B district.

(3) The eighty-seventh-C district consists of the county of Crawford and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the Crawford county probate judge shall serve as judge of the eighty-seventh-C district.

Sec. 8153. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the eighty-eighth district consists of the counties of Alpena and Montmorency, 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 eighty-eighth district or the beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge in the eighty-eighth district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the eighty-eighth district consists of the counties of Alpena and Montmorency and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the county of Alpena shall serve as judge of the eighty-eighth district within the county of Alpena, and the probate judge for the county of Montmorency shall serve as judge of the eighty-eighth district within the county of Montmorency.

Sec. 8154. (1) Until the date determined under subsection (2), the eighty-ninth district consists of the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle, 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 eighty-ninth district or the beginning date of the term for which the incumbent district judge in the eighty-ninth district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the eighty-ninth district consists of the counties of Cheboygan and Presque Isle and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the probate judge for the county of Cheboygan shall serve as judge of the eighty-ninth district within the county of Cheboygan and the probate judge for the county of Presque Isle shall serve as judge of the eighty-ninth district within the county of Presque Isle.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor