SB-0043, As Passed Senate, February 13, 2013

SENATE BILL No. 43

January 16, 2013, Introduced by Senator JONES and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending sections 530 and 8132 (MCL 600.530 and 600.8132),

section 8132 as amended by 2011 PA 300.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 530. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

twenty-ninth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Clinton

and Gratiot and has 2 judges.

     (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the

twenty-ninth judicial circuit has 1 judge:

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

circuit judge in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit.

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

circuit judge in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit no longer seeks

election or reelection to that office.

     Sec. 8132. (1) Until 12 noon, January 1, 2015, the The sixty-

fifth-a district consists of the county of Clinton, is a district

of the first class, and has 1 judge. Beginning 12 noon, January 1,

2015, the sixty-fifth-a district consists of the county of Clinton

and is a district of the first class. Under section 810a, the

probate judge for the county of Clinton shall serve as a judge of

the sixty-fifth-a district.

     (2) The sixty-fifth-b district consists of the county of

Gratiot, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.