Senate Introduced Bill 258























SENATE BILL NO. 258


   February 3, 1999, Introduced by Senator BULLARD and referred to 
        the Committee on Judiciary.



        A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

   "Revised judicature act of 1961,"

   by amending section 8123 (MCL 600.8123), as amended by 1990 PA

   54.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 8123.  (1) The forty-third district consists of the

 2    cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Hazel Park, is a dis-

 3    trict of the third class, and has 3 judges.  Subject to
             either

 4     section 8177 or 8178, this district shall be consolidated
                       with

 5     the fifty-second district and become the fifth division
                       effective

 6     January 2, 1991. 

 7         (2) The forty-fourth district consists of the city of Royal

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

 9         (3) The forty-fifth-a district consists of the city of

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


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 1     Subject to either section 8177 or 8178, this district shall
             be

 2     consolidated with the fifty-second district and become the
                       sixth

 3     division effective January 2, 1991. 

 4         (4) The forty-fifth-b district consists of the cities of

 5    Huntington Woods, Oak Park, and Pleasant Ridge and the township

 6    of Royal Oak in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third

 7    class, and has 2 judges.  Subject to either section 8177 or

 8     8178, this district shall be consolidated with the fifty-second

 9     district and become the seventh division effective January
                       1,

10     1991. 

11         (5) The forty-sixth district consists of the cities of

12    Southfield and Lathrup Village and the township of Southfield in

13    the county of Oakland, is a district of the third class, and has

14    3 judges.

15         (6) The forty-seventh district consists of the cities of

16    Farmington and Farmington Hills, is a district of the third

17    class, and has 2 judges.  Subject to section 8175, this district

18    may have 1 additional judge effective January 1,  1991
              2001.

19     If a new office of judge is added to this district to be
             filled

20     by election in 1990, the term of office of the judge for
                       that

21     election only shall be 4 years. 

22         (7) The forty-eighth district consists of the cities of

23    Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, and

24    Orchard Lake Village and the townships of Bloomfield and West

25    Bloomfield in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third

26    class, and has 3 judges.  Subject to section 8175, this
             district

27     may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 1993.
                       



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 1         (8) The fiftieth district consists of the city of Pontiac,

 2    is a district of the third class, and has 4 judges.

 3         (9) The fifty-first district consists of the township of

 4    Waterford in the county of Oakland, is a district of the third

 5    class, and has 2 judges.

 6         (10)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection
             the 

 7    THE fifty-second district consists of the county of Oakland

 8    except the cities of Madison Heights, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Royal

 9    Oak, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge,

10    Southfield, Lathrup Village, Farmington, Farmington Hills,

11    Northville, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake Village,

12    Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Pontiac and the townships of

13    Royal Oak, Southfield, West Bloomfield, Bloomfield, and

14    Waterford, is a district of the second class, and is divided into

15    the following election divisions:

16         (a) The first division consists of the cities of Novi, South

17    Lyon, Wixom, and Walled Lake and the townships of Milford,

18    Highland, Rose, White Lake, Commerce, Lyon, and Novi and has 3

19    judges.  Subject to section 8175, this division may have 1
             addi-

20     tional judge effective January 1, 1991. 

21         (b) The second division consists of the townships of

22    Springfield, Independence, Holly, Groveland, and Brandon and has

23    1 judge.

24         (c) The third division consists of the cities of Rochester,

25    Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, and Lake Angelus and the townships

26    of Oxford, Addison, Orion, and Oakland and has  2 
             3 judges.





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 1     Subject to section 8175, this division may have 1
             additional

 2     judge effective January 2, 1989. 

 3         (d) The fourth division consists of the cities of Troy and

 4    Clawson and has 3 judges.

 5          (e) Subject to either section 8177 or 8178, effective

 6     January 1, 1991, the fifth division shall consist of the
                       cities

 7     of Madison Heights, Ferndale, and Hazel Park, and have 3
                       judges.

 8          (f) Subject to either section 8177 or 8178, effective

 9     January 2, 1991, the sixth division shall consist of the
                       city of

10     Berkley, and have 1 judge.

11          (g) Subject to either section 8177 or 8178, effective

12     January 2, 1991, the seventh division shall consist of the
                       cities

13     of Huntington Woods, Oak Park, and Pleasant Ridge and the
                       town-

14     ship of Royal Oak in the county of Oakland, and have 2
                       judges. 





























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