pa025501

Act No. 255

Public Acts of 2001

Approved by the Governor

January 8, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 9, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 22, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

Introduced by Senators Steil, Van Regenmorter and Johnson

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 786

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 section 8121 (MCL 600.8121), as amended by 2000 PA 449.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 8121. (1) The sixteenth district consists of the city of Livonia, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

(2) The seventeenth district consists of the township of Redford in the county of Wayne, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

(3) The eighteenth district consists of the city of Westland, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

(4) The nineteenth district consists of the city of Dearborn, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.

(5) The twentieth district consists of the city of Dearborn Heights, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

(6) The twenty-first district consists of the city of Garden City, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

(7) The twenty-second district consists of the city of Inkster, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

(8) The twenty-third district consists of the city of Taylor, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

(9) The twenty-fourth district consists of the cities of Allen Park and Melvindale, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

(10) The twenty-fifth district consists of the city of Lincoln Park, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

(11) The twenty-sixth district consists of the cities of River Rouge and Ecorse, is a district of the third class, and is divided into the following election divisions:

(a) The first division consists of the city of River Rouge and has 1 judge.

(b) The second division consists of the city of Ecorse and has 1 judge.

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

(a) Until January 1, 2003 or until a vacancy occurs in a judgeship in the twenty-seventh district, whichever occurs first, the twenty-seventh district consists of the cities of Wyandotte and Riverview, is a district of the third class, and is divided into the following election divisions:

(i) The first division consists of the city of Wyandotte and has 1 judge.

(ii) The second division consists of the city of Riverview and has 1 judge.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2003 or the date on which a vacancy occurs in a judgeship in the twenty-seventh district, whichever occurs first, the twenty-seventh district consists of the cities of Wyandotte and Riverview, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge. The remaining incumbent judge of the twenty-seventh district shall serve as the judge of the entire twenty-seventh district for the balance of the term to which he or she was elected or appointed.

(13) The twenty-eighth district consists of the city of Southgate, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

(14) The twenty-ninth district consists of the city of Wayne, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

(15) The thirtieth district consists of the city of Highland Park, is a district of the third class, and has the following number of judges:

(a) Until subdivision (b) takes effect, this district has 2 judges.

(b) This district has 1 judge beginning on the earlier of the following dates:

(i) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in this district.

(ii) 12 noon, January 1, 2003.

(16) The thirty-first district consists of the city of Hamtramck, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

(17) The thirty-second-a district consists of the city of Harper Woods, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

(18) The thirty-second-b district consists of the cities of Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, and Grosse Pointe Farms, and the village of Grosse Pointe Shores, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

(19) The thirty-third district consists of the cities of Trenton, Gibraltar, Woodhaven, Rockwood, and Flat Rock and the townships of Brownstown and Grosse Ile in the county of Wayne, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.

(20) The thirty-fourth district consists of the townships of Sumpter, Van Buren, and Huron in the county of Wayne and the cities of Romulus and Belleville, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.

(21) The thirty-fifth district consists of the cities of Northville and Plymouth and the townships of Northville, Plymouth, and Canton in the county of Wayne, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 91st Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 76.

(b) Senate Bill No. 764.

(d) Senate Bill No. 825.

(e) House Bill No. 5357.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.