HB-6168, As Passed Senate, December 2, 2010
May 18, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Bledsoe and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 9928 (MCL 600.9928).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9928. (1) The district court shall not function nor shall
district judges be elected in any district of the third class in
which
1 or more cities which that
maintain municipal or police
courts
and which that contain, individually or in the aggregate,
more than 50% of the population of the district elect to retain
their
municipal or police courts by resolution adopted by their
respective
governing bodies within 7 days after the effective date
of
this section not later than June 24, 1968.
(2)
Municipal and police courts retained under the provisions
of
this section shall perform all
duties and powers which by law
may be performed by justices of the peace and the circuit court
commissioners.
(3)
The jurisdiction of such municipal or police courts
retained under subsection (1) is limited to their respective cities
except
that where the district contains 1 or more townships such
courts
shall exercise the same jurisdiction and powers in such
townships
as they exercise in their respective cities if the
district contains 1 or more cities that have retained municipal
courts under subsection (1) and also contains a city that
previously was a village subject to the provisions of section 22a
of the home rule village act, 1909 PA 278, MCL 78.22a, but
subsequently was incorporated as a city, the newly incorporated
city may, by agreement with any 1 of the cities in the district
that has retained its municipal court, provide that the municipal
court shall exercise the same jurisdiction and powers with respect
to the newly incorporated city as it exercises in the city in which
it is located.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city shall
not establish a municipal or police court after July 1, 1968.
(5)
The city clerks of cities adopting resolutions under this
section
shall file copies of such resolutions with the court
administrator
within 30 days after the adoption of such
resolutions.