STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

Introduced by Reps. Howell, Stewart, Rick Johnson, DeRossett, Richardville, Bisbee, Accavitti, Sak, Elkins and Moolenaar

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5479

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 8142 (MCL 600.8142).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 8142. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the seventy-seventh district consists of the counties of Mecosta and Osceola, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.

(2) Subject to section 8175, effective January 1, 2005, the seventy-seventh district consists of the counties of Mecosta and Osceola, is a district of the first class, and is divided into the following election divisions:

(a) The first division consists of the county of Mecosta and has 1 judge.

(b) The second division consists of the county of Osceola and has 1 judge.

Enacting section 1. If the new judgeship in the seventy-seventh district authorized by this amendatory act is approved as provided by law, the election for that judgeship shall take place in the county of Osceola.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor