November 6, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Gaffney, Lipsey, Woronchak, Pastor, LaJoy, Stewart, O'Neil, Plakas, Farrah, Smith, Condino, Tobocman, Anderson, Law, Hopgood, Paletko, Cheeks, Hunter, Hood, Adamini, Stallworth, Farhat, Hardman, Waters, Reeves, Hune and Daniels and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 504 (MCL 600.504), as amended by 2002
PA 715.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 504. (1) The
third judicial circuit consists of the
2 county of Wayne and has the
following number of 63 judges. :
3 (a) Until 12
noon, January 1, 2003, 64 judges.
4 (b) Beginning 12
noon, January 1, 2003, 63 judges; however,
5 if, after 12 noon,
January 1, 2003, a vacancy occurs in a
6 judgeship held by an
incumbent judge of this circuit who would be
7 ineligible to seek
reelection to that office in 2004, that
8 judgeship is
eliminated unless the total number of judgeships in
9 this circuit has been
reduced to 61 before that vacancy
10 occurred.
1 (c) Beginning 12
noon, January 1, 2005, 61 judges.