October 19, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Cotter and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending sections 504, 8123, and 8136 (MCL 600.504, 600.8123,
and 600.8136), section 504 as amended by 2002 PA 715 and section
8123 as amended by 2000 PA 448.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
504. (1) The third judicial circuit consists of the
county of Wayne and has the following number of judges:
(a)
Until 12 noon, January 1, 2003, 2013, 64 61
judges.
(b)
Beginning 12 noon, January 1, 2003, 2013, 63 60 judges. ;
however,
if, after 12 noon, January 1, 2003, a vacancy occurs in a
judgeship
held by an incumbent judge of this circuit who would be
ineligible
to seek reelection to that office in 2004, that
judgeship
is eliminated unless the total number of judgeships in
this
circuit has been reduced to 61 before that vacancy occurred.
(c)
Beginning 12 noon, January 1, 2005, 61 judges.
Sec. 8123. (1) The forty-third district consists of the cities
of Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Hazel Park, is a district of the
third class, and has 3 judges.
(2) The forty-fourth district consists of the city of Royal
Oak, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.
(3) The forty-fifth-a district consists of the city of
Berkley, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
(4) The forty-fifth-b district consists of the cities of
Huntington Woods, Oak Park, and Pleasant Ridge and the township of
Royal Oak in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third
class, and has 2 judges.
(5) The forty-sixth district consists of the cities of
Southfield and Lathrup Village and the township of Southfield in
the county of Oakland, is a district of the third class, and has 3
judges.
(6) The forty-seventh district consists of the cities of
Farmington and Farmington Hills, is a district of the third class,
and has 2 judges. Subject to section 8175, this district may have 1
additional judge subject to review and recommendation by the state
court administrator to the legislature and subsequent legislation,
if and when a district court judgeship is eliminated within the
state of Michigan.
(7) The forty-eighth district consists of the cities of
Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, and
Orchard Lake Village and the townships of Bloomfield and West
Bloomfield in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third
class, and has 3 judges.
(8) The fiftieth district consists of the city of Pontiac, is
a district of the third class, and has 4 judges.
(9) The fifty-first district consists of the township of
Waterford in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third
class, and has 2 judges.
(10) The fifty-second district consists of the county of
Oakland except the cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, Hazel Park,
Royal Oak, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge,
Southfield, Lathrup Village, Farmington, Farmington Hills,
Northville, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake Village,
Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Pontiac and the townships of
Royal Oak, Southfield, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield, and Waterford,
is a district of the second class, and is divided into the
following election divisions:
(a) The first division consists of the cities of Novi, South
Lyon, Wixom, and Walled Lake and the townships of Milford,
Highland,
Commerce, Lyon, and Novi and has
3 judges. Until January
1,
2003, the first division also includes the townships of Rose and
White
Lake. The first division has 3 judges. Subject to section
8175,
this division may have 1 additional judge effective January
1,
2003. If the Oakland county board of commissioners approves that
additional
judgeship, the judgeship in the first division that is
filled
by the district judge of the first division whose term
expires
January 1, 2005 is transferred to the second division,
effective
January 1, 2003.
(b) The second division consists of the city of the village of
Clarkston and the townships of Springfield, Independence, Holly,
Groveland,
and Brandon, . Beginning January 1, 2003, the second
division
also includes the townships of Rose, and
White Lake and
has
2 judges. The second division has 1
judge; however, effective
January
1, 2003, this division shall have 2 judges if a judgeship
is
transferred to this division from the first division pursuant to
subdivision
(a).
(c) The third division consists of the cities of Rochester,
Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, and Lake Angelus and the townships
of Oxford, Addison, Orion, and Oakland and has 3 judges.
(d)
The Except as otherwise
provided in this subdivision, the
fourth division consists of the cities of Troy and Clawson and has
3 judges. Beginning 12 noon, January 1, 2013, the fourth division
has 2 judges.
Sec. 8136. (1) The seventy-first-A district consists of the
county of Lapeer, is a district of the first class, and has 2
judges. Beginning 12 noon, January 1, 2013, the seventy-first-A
district has 1 judge.
(2) The seventy-first-B district consists of the county of
Tuscola, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.