HOUSE BILL No. 5220


     October 1, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Nye and Walberg and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

   "Revised judicature act of 1961,"

   by amending section 8112 (MCL 600.8112).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 8112.  (1)  The  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2),

 2    THE second district consists of the counties of Lenawee and

 3    Hillsdale, is a district of the first class, and is divided into

 4    the following election divisions:

 5         (a) The first division consists of the county of Lenawee and

 6    has 2 judges.

 7         (b) The second division consists of the county of Hillsdale

 8    and has 1 judge.

 9         (2) EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1998, IF THE COUNTY OF LENAWEE

10    APPROVES THE REFORMATION OF THE SECOND DISTRICT PURSUANT TO LAW,




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 1    AND IF THE COUNTY OF HILLSDALE APPROVES THE CREATION OF THE

 2    SECOND-A DISTRICT PURSUANT TO LAW, BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:

 3         (A) THE SECOND DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE COUNTY OF LENAWEE,

 4    IS A DISTRICT OF THE FIRST CLASS, AND HAS 2 JUDGES.

 5         (B) THE SECOND-A DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE COUNTY OF

 6    HILLSDALE, IS A DISTRICT OF THE FIRST CLASS, AND HAS 1 JUDGE.

 7         Enacting section 1.  The reformation of the second district

 8    and the creation of the second-a district, as allowed by this

 9    1997 amendatory act, shall not take place unless resolutions of

10    approval by the county boards of commissioners of the counties of

11    Lenawee and Hillsdale, as required by section 8176 of the revised

12    judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8176, are filed with

13    the state court administrator not later than March 1, 1998.

14         Enacting section 2.  If a new judicial district of the dis-

15    trict court is created under this amendatory act pursuant to sec-

16    tion 8176 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL

17    800.8176, the change in the composition of the affected judicial

18    districts shall take effect for judicial purposes on April 1,

19    1998.  If the second-a judicial district is created pursuant to

20    this amendatory act, the incumbent judge of the second district

21    serving on the effective date of this act who resides in

22    Hillsdale county and whose term expires on January 1, 2003 shall

23    become a judge of the second-a judicial district on April 1, 1998

24    for the balance of the term for which he or she was elected,

25    except that he or she must continue to meet other requirements

26    for eligibility to serve as district judge, including residency

27    requirements.



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