HB-5102, As Passed House, December 8, 2011

HOUSE BILL No. 5102

October 19, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Heise and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

(As amended December 7, 2011)

[A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending sections 525 and 549d (MCL 600.525 and 600.549d).]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 525. The Except as otherwise provided in this section,

the twenty-fourth judicial circuit consists of the county of

Sanilac and has 1 judge. Beginning on the date on which a vacancy

occurs in the office of circuit judge of the fifty-second judicial

circuit or the beginning date of the term for which the incumbent

circuit judge of the fifty-second judicial circuit no longer seeks

election or reelection to that office, whichever is earlier, the

twenty-fourth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Huron

and Sanilac and has 1 judge. [Sections 550 and 550a do not apply to the

 combination of the twenty-fourth and fifty-second judicial circuits.]

House Bill No. 5102 as amended December 7, 2011

     Sec. 549d. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

fifty-second judicial circuit consists of the county of Huron and

has 1 judge.

     (2) Effective the earlier of the following dates, the fifty-

second judicial circuit is abolished:

     (a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of

circuit judge of the fifty-second judicial circuit.

     (b) The beginning date of the term for which the incumbent

circuit judge of the fifty-second judicial circuit no longer seeks

election or reelection to that office.

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House Bill No. 5102 as amended December 7, 2011

House Bill No. 5102 as amended December 7, 2011

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