HB-4800, As Passed Senate, December 13, 2006

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4800

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending section 8311 (MCL 600.8311).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 8311. The district court  shall have  has jurisdiction of

all of the following:

     (a) Misdemeanors punishable by a fine or imprisonment not

exceeding 1 year, or both.

     (b) Ordinance and charter violations punishable by a fine or

imprisonment, or both.

     (c) Arraignments,  the fixing  of bail, and  the accepting

of bonds.

     (d)  Preliminary examinations  Probable cause hearings in all

felony cases and in misdemeanor cases not cognizable by the

district court.  , but there  There shall not be a  preliminary

examination  probable cause hearing for any misdemeanor to be tried

in  a  the district court.

     (e) Pleas in felony cases and in misdemeanor cases not

cognizable by the district court, as prescribed by supreme court

rule. Sentencing for a plea entered in the district court to a

felony or to a misdemeanor not cognizable by the district court

shall be in the circuit court.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

1, 2008 and applies to probable cause hearings commenced on or

after that date. A preliminary examination commenced before January

1, 2008 shall be continued until completion under the law in effect

on the date that the preliminary examination began.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless House Bill No. 4796 of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into

law.