HB-5479, As Passed Senate, March 25, 2004                                   

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5479

                                                                             A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled                                             

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"                                           

by amending section 8142 (MCL 600.8142).                                    

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 8142.  (1)  The Except as provided in subsection (2),                 

2   the seventy-seventh district consists of the counties of Mecosta            

3   and Osceola, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.             

4   (2) Subject to section 8175, effective January 1, 2005, the                 

5   seventy-seventh district consists of the counties of Mecosta and            

6   Osceola, is a district of the first class, and is divided into              

7   the following election divisions:                                           

8       (a) The first division consists of the county of Mecosta and                

9   has 1 judge.                                                                

10  (b) The second division consists of the county of Osceola and               

11  has 1 judge.

1       Enacting section 1.  If the new judgeship in the                            

2   seventy-seventh district authorized by this amendatory act is               

3   approved as provided by law, the election for that judgeship                

4   shall take place in the county of Osceola.