HOUSE BILL No. 5357


     October 29, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Howell 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 504, 507, 508, 517, 518, 522, and 8121 (MCL

   600.504, 600.507, 600.508, 600.517, 600.518, 600.522, and

   600.8121), section 504 as amended by 1996 PA 388, section 507 as

   amended by 1994 PA 138, section 517 as amended by 1990 PA 54,

   section 518 as amended by 1988 PA 134, section 522 as amended by

   1981 PA 182, and section 8121 as amended by 2000 PA 449.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 504.  The third judicial circuit consists of the county

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      of Wayne and has  35 judges.  Pursuant to section 9931, this cir-

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      cuit shall have 29 additional judges effective October 1, 1997.

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      THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF JUDGES:

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           (A) UNTIL 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, 64 JUDGES.




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           (B) BEGINNING 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003, 62 JUDGES.

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           Sec. 507.  The sixth judicial circuit consists of the county

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      of Oakland and has  16  17 judges.  Subject to section 550, this

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      judicial circuit may have  1  2 additional  judge  JUDGES
   effec-

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      tive January 1,  1995  2003.

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           Sec. 508.  The seventh judicial circuit consists of the

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      county of Genesee and has 7 judges.  SUBJECT TO SECTION 550, THIS

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

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           Sec. 517.  The sixteenth judicial circuit consists of the

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      county of Macomb and has  8  9 judges.  Subject to section 550,

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      this circuit may have  1  2 additional  judge  JUDGES
   effective

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      January 1,  1991  2003.

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           Sec. 518.  The seventeenth judicial circuit consists of the

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      county of Kent and has  6  7 judges.  Subject to section 550,

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      this judicial circuit may have  1  2 additional  judge  JUDGES

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      effective January 1,  1989  2003.

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           Sec. 522.   (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the

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      twenty-first judicial circuit consists of the counties of Clare,

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      Isabella, and Gladwin and has 2 judges.

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           (2) If the county of Isabella approves the reformation of

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      the twenty-first judicial circuit pursuant to law and the coun-

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      ties of Clare and Gladwin approve the creation of the fifty-fifth

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      judicial circuit pursuant to law, the  THE twenty-first judicial

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      circuit consists of the county of Isabella and has 1 judge.

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       effective January 1, 1982.  SUBJECT TO SECTION 550, THIS CIRCUIT

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      MAY HAVE 1 ADDITIONAL JUDGE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2003.





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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 eighteenth district consists of the city of

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

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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 twenty-ninth district consists of the city of

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



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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 SUBDIVISION (B) TAKES EFFECT, THIS DISTRICT HAS 2

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      judges.

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           (B) THIS DISTRICT HAS 1 JUDGE BEGINNING ON THE EARLIER OF

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      THE FOLLOWING DATES:

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           (i) THE DATE ON WHICH A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE OFFICE OF DIS-

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      TRICT JUDGE IN THIS DISTRICT.

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           (ii) THE ENDING DATE OF THE TERM OF AN INCUMBENT DISTRICT

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      JUDGE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SEEK REELECTION TO

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      THAT OFFICE.

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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 2 judges.

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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.












































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