HOUSE BILL No. 4788


     May 17, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Patterson, Howell, Bishop, Shulman, Sanborn, Meyer, Faunce, Adamini, Jamnick, Minore and Lipsey and
referred to the Committee on Civil Law and the Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

   "Revised judicature act of 1961,"

   by amending sections 8121, 8123, and 8130 (MCL 600.8121,

   600.8123, and 600.8130), section 8121 as amended by 2000 PA 449,

   section 8123 as amended by 2000 PA 448, and section 8130 as

   amended by 1988 PA 135.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 8121.  (1) The sixteenth district consists of the city

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      of Livonia, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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           (2) The seventeenth district consists of the township of

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      Redford in the county of Wayne, is a district of the third class,

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      and has 2 judges.

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           (3)  The  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION,

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      THE eighteenth district consists of the city of Westland, is a

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      district of the third class, and has 2 judges.  IF THE GOVERNING


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      BODY OF THE CITY OF WESTLAND APPROVES THE REORGANIZATION OF THE

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      EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AND FILED WITH THE

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      STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2001, AND

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      IF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WAYNE APPROVES THE ABOLITION

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      OF THE TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (14), THE

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      EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE CITIES OF WESTLAND AND WAYNE,

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      IS A DISTRICT OF THE THIRD CLASS, AND HAS 3 JUDGES EFFECTIVE

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      JANUARY 1, 2002.

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           (4) The nineteenth district consists of the city of

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      Dearborn, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.

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           (5) The twentieth district consists of the city of Dearborn

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      Heights, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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           (6) The twenty-first district consists of the city of Garden

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      City, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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           (7) The twenty-second district consists of the city of

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      Inkster, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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           (8) The twenty-third district consists of the city of

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      Taylor, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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           (9) The twenty-fourth district consists of the cities of

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      Allen Park and Melvindale, is a district of the third class, and

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      has 2 judges.

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           (10) The twenty-fifth district consists of the city of

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      Lincoln Park, is a district of the third class, and has 2

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      judges.

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           (11) The twenty-sixth district consists of the cities of

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      River Rouge and Ecorse, is a district of the third class, and is

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      divided into the following election divisions:



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           (a) The first division consists of the city of River Rouge

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      and has 1 judge.

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           (b) The second division consists of the city of Ecorse and

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      has 1 judge.

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           (12) The twenty-seventh district consists of the following,

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      as applicable:

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           (a) Until January 1, 2003 or until a vacancy occurs in a

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      judgeship in the twenty-seventh district, whichever occurs first,

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      the twenty-seventh district consists of the cities of Wyandotte

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      and Riverview, is a district of the third class, and is divided

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      into the following election divisions:

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           (i) The first division consists of the city of Wyandotte and

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      has 1 judge.

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           (ii) The second division consists of the city of Riverview

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      and has 1 judge.

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           (b) Beginning January 1, 2003 or the date on which a vacancy

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      occurs in a judgeship in the twenty-seventh district, whichever

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      occurs first, the twenty-seventh district consists of the cities

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      of Wyandotte and Riverview, is a district of the third class, and

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      has 1 judge.  The remaining incumbent judge of the twenty-seventh

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      district shall serve as the judge of the entire twenty-seventh

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      district for the balance of the term to which he or she was

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      elected or appointed.

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           (13) The twenty-eighth district consists of the city of

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      Southgate, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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           (14)  The  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION,

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      THE twenty-ninth district consists of the city of Wayne, is a



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      district of the third class, and has 1 judge.  IF THE GOVERNING

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      BODY OF THE CITY OF WESTLAND APPROVES THE REORGANIZATION OF THE

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      EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (3) AND THE GOVERNING

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      BODY OF THE CITY OF WAYNE APPROVES THE ABOLITION OF THE

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      TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AND FILED WITH THE

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      STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2001, THE

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      TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT IS ABOLISHED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2002.

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           (15) The thirtieth district consists of the city of Highland

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      Park, is a district of the third class, and HAS THE FOLLOWING

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      NUMBER OF JUDGES:

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           (A) UNTIL 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, THIS DISTRICT has 2

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      judges.

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           (B) BEGINNING 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, THIS DISTRICT HAS 1

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      JUDGE.

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           (16) The thirty-first district consists of the city of

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      Hamtramck, is a district of the third class, and HAS THE FOLLOW-

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      ING NUMBER OF JUDGES:

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           (A) UNTIL 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, THIS DISTRICT has 2

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      judges.

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           (B) BEGINNING 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, THIS DISTRICT HAS 1

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      JUDGE.

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           (17) The thirty-second-a district consists of the city of

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      Harper Woods, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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           (18) The thirty-second-b district consists of the cities of

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      Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, and

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      Grosse Pointe Farms, and the village of Grosse Pointe Shores, is

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      a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.



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           (19) The thirty-third district consists of the cities of

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      Trenton, Gibraltar, Woodhaven, Rockwood, and Flat Rock and the

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      townships of Brownstown and Grosse Ile in the county of Wayne, is

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      a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.

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           (20) The thirty-fourth district consists of the townships of

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      Sumpter, Van Buren, and Huron in the county of Wayne and the

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      cities of Romulus and Belleville, is a district of the third

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      class, and has 3 judges.

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           (21) The thirty-fifth district consists of the cities of

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      Northville and Plymouth and the townships of Northville,

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      Plymouth, and Canton in the county of Wayne, is a district of the

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      third class, and has 2 judges.  SUBJECT TO SECTION 8175, THIS

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      DISTRICT MAY HAVE 1 ADDITIONAL JUDGE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2003.

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      IF A NEW OFFICE OF JUDGE IS ADDED TO THIS DISTRICT TO BE FILLED

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      BY ELECTION IN 2002, THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE JUDGE FOR THAT

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      ELECTION ONLY SHALL BE 2 YEARS.

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           Sec. 8123.  (1) The forty-third district consists of the

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      cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Hazel Park, is a dis-

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      trict of the third class, and has 3 judges.

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           (2) The forty-fourth district consists of the city of Royal

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      Oak, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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           (3)  The  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION,

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      THE forty-fifth-a district consists of the city of Berkley, is a

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      district of the third class, and has 1 judge.  IF THE GOVERNING

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      BODY OF THE CITY OF BERKLEY APPROVES THE REORGANIZATION OF THE

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      FORTY-FIFTH-A DISTRICT BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AND FILED WITH THE

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      STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2001, AND



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      IF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE CITIES OF HUNTINGTON WOODS, OAK

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      PARK, AND PLEASANT RIDGE AND THE TOWNSHIP OF ROYAL OAK APPROVE

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      THE ABOLITION OF THE FORTY-FIFTH-B DISTRICT PURSUANT TO

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      SUBSECTION (4), THE FORTY-FIFTH-A DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE CITIES

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      OF BERKLEY, HUNTINGTON WOODS, OAK PARK, AND PLEASANT RIDGE AND

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      THE TOWNSHIP OF ROYAL OAK, IS A DISTRICT OF THE THIRD CLASS, AND

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      HAS 2 JUDGES, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2003.

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           (4)  The  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION,

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      THE forty-fifth-b district consists of the cities of Huntington

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      Woods, Oak Park, and Pleasant Ridge and the township of Royal Oak

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      in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third class, and

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      has 2 judges.  IF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BERKLEY

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      APPROVES THE REORGANIZATION OF THE FORTY-FIFTH-A DISTRICT PURSU-

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      ANT TO SUBSECTION (3) AND THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE CITIES OF

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      HUNTINGTON WOODS, OAK PARK, AND PLEASANT RIDGE AND THE TOWNSHIP

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      OF ROYAL OAK APPROVE THE ABOLITION OF THE FORTY-FIFTH-B DISTRICT

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      BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AND FILED WITH THE STATE COURT ADMINISTRA-

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      TOR NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2001, THE FORTY-FIFTH-B DISTRICT

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      IS ABOLISHED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2003.

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           (5) The forty-sixth district consists of the cities of

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      Southfield and Lathrup Village and the township of Southfield in

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      the county of Oakland, is a district of the third class, and has

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      3 judges.

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           (6) The forty-seventh district consists of the cities of

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      Farmington and Farmington Hills, is a district of the third

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      class, and has 2 judges.  Subject to section 8175, this district

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      may have 1 additional judge subject to review and recommendation



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      by the state court administrator to the legislature and

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      subsequent legislation, if and when a district court judgeship is

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      eliminated within the state of Michigan.

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           (7) The forty-eighth district consists of the cities of

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      Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, and

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      Orchard Lake Village and the townships of Bloomfield and West

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      Bloomfield in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third

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      class, and has 3 judges.

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           (8) The fiftieth district consists of the city of Pontiac,

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      is a district of the third class, and HAS THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF

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      JUDGES:

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           (A) UNTIL 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, THIS DISTRICT has 4

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      judges.

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           (B) BEGINNING 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, THIS DISTRICT HAS 3

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      JUDGES.

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           (9) The fifty-first district consists of the township of

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      Waterford in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third

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      class, and has 2 judges.

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           (10) The fifty-second district consists of the county of

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      Oakland except the cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, Hazel

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      Park, Royal Oak, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant

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      Ridge, Southfield, Lathrup Village, Farmington, Farmington Hills,

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      Northville, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake Village,

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      Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Pontiac and the townships of

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      Royal Oak, Southfield, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield, and

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      Waterford, is a district of the second class, and is divided into

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      the following election divisions:



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           (a) The first division consists of the cities of Novi, South

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      Lyon, Wixom, and Walled Lake and the townships of Milford,

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      Highland, Commerce, Lyon, and Novi.  Until January 1, 2003, the

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      first division also includes the townships of Rose and White

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      Lake.  The first division has 3 judges.  Subject to section 8175,

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      this division may have 1 additional judge effective January 1,

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      2003.  If the Oakland county board of commissioners approves that

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      additional judgeship, the judgeship in the first division that is

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      filled by the district judge of the first division whose term

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      expires January 1, 2005 is transferred to the second division,

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      effective January 1, 2003.

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           (b) The second division consists of the city of the village

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      of Clarkston and the townships of Springfield, Independence,

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      Holly, Groveland, and Brandon.  Beginning January 1, 2003, the

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      second division also includes the townships of Rose and White

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      Lake.  The second division has 1 judge; however, effective

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      January 1, 2003, this division shall have 2 judges if a judgeship

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      is transferred to this division from the first division pursuant

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      to subdivision (a).

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           (c) The third division consists of the cities of Rochester,

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      Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, and Lake Angelus and the townships

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      of Oxford, Addison, Orion, and Oakland and has 3 judges.

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           (d) The fourth division consists of the cities of Troy and

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      Clawson and has 3 judges.

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           Sec. 8130.  (1) The sixty-first district consists of the

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      city of Grand Rapids, is a district of the third class and has





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       5  6 judges.   Subject to section 8175, this district may have 1

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      additional judge effective January 1, 1989.

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           (2) The sixty-second-a district consists of the city of

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      Wyoming, is a district of the third class and has 2 judges.

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           (3) The sixty-second-b district consists of the city of

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      Kentwood, is a district of the third class and has 1 judge.

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           (4) The sixty-third district consists of the county of Kent

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      except the cities of Grand Rapids, Walker, Grandville, Wyoming

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      and Kentwood, is a district of the second class and is divided

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      into the following election divisions:

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           (a) The first division consists of the cities of Cedar

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      Springs and Rockford and the townships of Tyrone, Solon, Nelson,

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      Spencer, Sparta, Algoma, Courtland, Oakfield, Alpine, Plainfield,

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      Cannon and Grattan and has 1 judge.  SUBJECT TO SECTION 8175,

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      THIS ELECTION DIVISION MAY HAVE 1 ADDITIONAL JUDGE EFFECTIVE

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      JANUARY 1, 2003.  IF A NEW OFFICE OF JUDGE IS ADDED TO THIS DIS-

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      TRICT TO BE FILLED BY ELECTION IN 2002, THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE

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      JUDGE FOR THAT ELECTION ONLY SHALL BE 4 YEARS.

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           (b) The second division consists of the cities of East Grand

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      Rapids and Lowell and the townships of Grand Rapids, Ada,

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      Vergennes, Cascade, Lowell, Byron, Gaines, Caledonia and Bowne

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      and has 1 judge.

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           Enacting section 1.  For purposes of the 2006 general elec-

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      tion only, the term of the candidate for district judge in the

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      eighteenth district who receives the greatest number of votes

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      shall be 8 years, and the term of the candidate receiving the

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      next greatest number of votes shall be 6 years.



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