SENATE BILL No. 786
October 24, 2001, Introduced by Senators STEIL, VAN REGENMORTER and JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 8121 (MCL 600.8121), as amended by 2000
PA 449.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 8121. (1) The sixteenth district consists of the city
2 of Livonia, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.
3 (2) The seventeenth district consists of the township of
4 Redford in the county of Wayne, is a district of the third class,
5 and has 2 judges.
6 (3) The eighteenth district consists of the city of
7 Westland, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.
8 (4) The nineteenth district consists of the city of
9 Dearborn, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.
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1 (5) The twentieth district consists of the city of Dearborn
2 Heights, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.
3 (6) The twenty-first district consists of the city of Garden
4 City, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
5 (7) The twenty-second district consists of the city of
6 Inkster, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
7 (8) The twenty-third district consists of the city of
8 Taylor, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.
9 (9) The twenty-fourth district consists of the cities of
10 Allen Park and Melvindale, is a district of the third class, and
11 has 2 judges.
12 (10) The twenty-fifth district consists of the city of
13 Lincoln Park, is a district of the third class, and has 2
14 judges.
15 (11) The twenty-sixth district consists of the cities of
16 River Rouge and Ecorse, is a district of the third class, and is
17 divided into the following election divisions:
18 (a) The first division consists of the city of River Rouge
19 and has 1 judge.
20 (b) The second division consists of the city of Ecorse and
21 has 1 judge.
22 (12) The twenty-seventh district consists of the following,
23 as applicable:
24 (a) Until January 1, 2003 or until a vacancy occurs in a
25 judgeship in the twenty-seventh district, whichever occurs first,
26 the twenty-seventh district consists of the cities of Wyandotte
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1 and Riverview, is a district of the third class, and is divided
2 into the following election divisions:
3 (i) The first division consists of the city of Wyandotte and
4 has 1 judge.
5 (ii) The second division consists of the city of Riverview
6 and has 1 judge.
7 (b) Beginning January 1, 2003 or the date on which a vacancy
8 occurs in a judgeship in the twenty-seventh district, whichever
9 occurs first, the twenty-seventh district consists of the cities
10 of Wyandotte and Riverview, is a district of the third class, and
11 has 1 judge. The remaining incumbent judge of the twenty-seventh
12 district shall serve as the judge of the entire twenty-seventh
13 district for the balance of the term to which he or she was
14 elected or appointed.
15 (13) The twenty-eighth district consists of the city of
16 Southgate, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
17 (14) The twenty-ninth district consists of the city of
18 Wayne, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
19 (15) The thirtieth district consists of the city of Highland
20 Park, is a district of the third class, and has THE FOLLOWING
21 NUMBER OF JUDGES:
22 (A) UNTIL SUBDIVISION (B) TAKES EFFECT, THIS DISTRICT HAS 2
23 judges.
24 (B) THIS DISTRICT HAS 1 JUDGE BEGINNING ON THE EARLIER OF
25 THE FOLLOWING DATES:
26 (i) THE DATE ON WHICH A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE OFFICE OF
27 DISTRICT JUDGE IN THIS DISTRICT.
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1 (ii) 12 NOON, JANUARY 1, 2003.
2 (16) The thirty-first district consists of the city of
3 Hamtramck, is a district of the
third class, and has 2 judges 1
4 JUDGE.
5 (17) The thirty-second-a district consists of the city of
6 Harper Woods, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
7 (18) The thirty-second-b district consists of the cities of
8 Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, and
9 Grosse Pointe Farms, and the village of Grosse Pointe Shores, is
10 a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
11 (19) The thirty-third district consists of the cities of
12 Trenton, Gibraltar, Woodhaven, Rockwood, and Flat Rock and the
13 townships of Brownstown and Grosse Ile in the county of Wayne, is
14 a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.
15 (20) The thirty-fourth district consists of the townships of
16 Sumpter, Van Buren, and Huron in the county of Wayne and the
17 cities of Romulus and Belleville, is a district of the third
18 class, and has 3 judges.
19 (21) The thirty-fifth district consists of the cities of
20 Northville and Plymouth and the townships of Northville,
21 Plymouth, and Canton in the county of Wayne, is a district of the
22 third class, and has 2 judges.
23 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
24 effect unless all of the following bills of the 91st Legislature
25 are enacted into law:
26 (a) Senate Bill No. 76.
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1 (b) Senate Bill No. 763.
2 (c) Senate Bill No. 764.
3 (d) Senate Bill No. 765.
4 (e) Senate Bill No. 766.
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