Act No. 38

Public Acts of 2000

Approved by the Governor

March 24, 2000

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 24, 2000

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 2000

STATE OF MICHIGAN

90TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

Introduced by Senator McManus

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1051

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 such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in said courts; 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 8151 and 8152 (MCL 600.8151 and 600.8152), section 8152 as amended by 1990 PA 54.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

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 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.

Sec. 8152. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-seventh district consists of the counties of Kalkaska, Antrim, and Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges.

(2) Effective March 26, 2000, the eighty-seventh district consists of the counties of Kalkaska and Otsego, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

Enacting section 1. The following provisions apply to the 2000 general election for judgeship of the eighty-sixth district only:

(a) If 2 incumbent district judges of the eighty-sixth district are candidates for the office of judge, or if no incumbent district judge of the eighty-sixth district is a candidate for the office of judge, the candidate for judgeship of the eighty-sixth district receiving the highest number of votes in the 2000 general election shall be elected for a term of 6 years and the candidate for judgeship of the eighty-sixth district receiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4 years for that election only.

(b) If 1 incumbent district judge of the eighty-sixth district is a candidate for the office of judge, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the judgeship for which the incumbent judge is seeking election shall be elected for a term of 6 years, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the judgeship for which the incumbent judge is not seeking election shall be elected for a term of 4 years.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.