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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