REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961

600.510 Ninth judicial circuit.

Sec. 510.

(1) The ninth judicial circuit consists of the county of Kalamazoo and has 5 judges.

(2) Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 2025. If this judgeship is added to the ninth judicial circuit, the initial term of office of the judgeship is 8 years.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 264, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1964 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 277, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 134 of 1988 provides:“Any additional circuit judgeship to be added by election in 1988 shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless each county in the circuit, by resolution adopted by the county board of commissioners, approves the creation of the judgeship and unless the clerk of each county adopting such a resolution files a copy of the resolution with the state court administrator not later than 4 p.m. of the tenth Tuesday preceding the August primary for the election to fill the additional circuit judgeship.”

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