House Introduced Bill 5499

HOUSE BILL No. 5499

March 8, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Cassis and referred to the Committee on Family and Civil Law.

A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending section 8121 (MCL 600.8121), as amended by 1994

PA 138.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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Sec. 8121. (1) The sixteenth district consists of the city

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of Livonia, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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(2) The seventeenth district consists of the township of

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Redford in the county of Wayne, is a district of the third class,

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and has 2 judges.

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(3) The eighteenth district consists of the city of

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Westland, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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(4) The nineteenth district consists of the city of

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Dearborn, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.

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(5) The twentieth district consists of the city of Dearborn

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Heights, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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(6) The twenty-first district consists of the city of Garden

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City, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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(7) The twenty-second district consists of the city of

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Inkster, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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(8) The twenty-third district consists of the city of

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Taylor, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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(9) The twenty-fourth district consists of the cities of

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Allen Park and Melvindale, is a district of the third class, and

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has 2 judges.

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(10) The twenty-fifth district consists of the city of

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Lincoln Park, is a district of the third class, and has 2

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judges.

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(11) The twenty-sixth district consists of the cities of

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River Rouge and Ecorse, is a district of the third class, and is

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divided into the following election divisions:

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(a) The first division consists of the city of River Rouge

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and has 1 judge.

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(b) The second division consists of the city of Ecorse and

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has 1 judge.

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(12) The EFFECTIVE UPON THE EXISTENCE OF A VACANCY IN THE

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OFFICE OF JUDGE IN EITHER ELECTION DIVISION IN THE TWENTY-SEVENTH

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DISTRICT OR EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2001 AT 11:59 A.M., WHICHEVER

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OCCURS EARLIER, THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT CONSISTS OF THE

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CITIES OF WYANDOTTE AND RIVERVIEW, IS A DISTRICT OF THE THIRD

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CLASS, AND HAS 1 JUDGE. UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2001 AT 11:59 A.M. OR

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THE EXISTENCE OF A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF JUDGE IN EITHER

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ELECTION DIVISION IN THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT, WHICHEVER

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OCCURS EARLIER, THE twenty-seventh district consists of the

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cities of Wyandotte and Riverview, is a district of the third

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class, and is divided into the following election divisions:

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(a) The first division consists of the city of Wyandotte and

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has 1 judge.

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(b) The second division consists of the city of Riverview

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and has 1 judge.

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(13) The twenty-eighth district consists of the city of

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Southgate, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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(14) The twenty-ninth district consists of the city of

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Wayne, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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(15) The thirtieth district consists of the city of Highland

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Park, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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(16) The thirty-first district consists of the city of

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Hamtramck, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

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(17) The thirty-second-a district consists of the city of

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Harper Woods, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

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(18) The thirty-second-b district consists of the cities of

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Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, and

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Grosse Pointe Farms, and the village of Grosse Pointe Shores, is

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a district of the third class, and has 1 judge. Subject to sec-

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tion 9940(6), this district may have 1 additional judge effective

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January 1, 1985, or January 1, 1987.

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(19) The thirty-third district consists of the cities of

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Trenton, Gibraltar, Woodhaven, Rockwood, and Flat Rock and the

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townships of Brownstown and Grosse Ile in the county of Wayne, is

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a district of the third class, and has 2 3 judges. Subject to

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section 8175, this district may have 1 additional judge effective

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January 1, 1995.

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(20) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the

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THE thirty-fourth district consists of the townships of Sumpter,

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Van Buren, and Huron in the county of Wayne and the cities of

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Romulus and Belleville, is a district of the third class, and has

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3 judges. If the city of Romulus and the township of Huron

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approve the reformation of the thirty-fourth district pursuant to

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law and the city of Belleville and the townships of Sumpter and

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Van Buren approve the creation of the thirty-fourth-a district

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pursuant to law, the thirty-fourth district consists of the city

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of Romulus and the township of Huron, is a district of the third

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class, and has 2 judges effective January 1, 1997.

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(21) If the city of Romulus and the township of Huron

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approve the reformation of the thirty-fourth district pursuant to

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law and the city of Belleville and the townships of Sumpter and

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Van Buren approve the creation of the thirty-fourth-a district

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pursuant to law, the thirty-fourth-a district consists of the

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city of Belleville and the townships of Sumpter and Van Buren, is

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a district of the third class, and has 1 judge effective

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January 1, 1997.

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(21) (22) The thirty-fifth district consists of the cities

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of Northville and Plymouth and the townships of Northville,

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Plymouth, and Canton in the county of Wayne, is a district of the

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third class, and has 2 judges.

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