Section 600.8138 - Seventy-third district; Huron and Sanilac counties; creation of seventy-third-a and seventy-third-b districts.
REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961
600.8138 Seventy-third district; Huron and Sanilac counties; creation of seventy-third-a and seventy-third-b districts.
Sec. 8138.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the seventy-third district consists of the counties of Huron and Sanilac, is a district of the first class, and is divided into the following election divisions:
(a) The first division consists of the county of Huron and has 1 judge.
(b) The second division consists of the county of Sanilac and has 1 judge.
(2) Effective January 1, 1999, if the county of Sanilac approves the creation of the seventy-third-a district pursuant to law, and if the county of Huron approves the creation of the seventy-third-b district pursuant to law, both of the following apply:
(a) The seventy-third-a district consists of the county of Sanilac, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.
(b) The seventy-third-b district consists of the county of Huron, is a district of the first class, and has 1 judge.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1998
Compiler's Notes: Enacting sections 1 and 2 of Act 46 of 1998 provide:“Enacting section 1. The creation of the seventy-third-a district and the seventy-third-b district, as allowed by this 1998 amendatory act, shall not take place unless resolutions of approval by the county boards of commissioners of the counties of Huron and Sanilac, as required by section 8176 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8176, are filed with the state court administrator not later than April 1, 1998.“Enacting section 2. If new judicial districts of the district court are created under this amendatory act pursuant to section 8176 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 800.8176 [sic], the change in the composition of the affected judicial districts shall take effect for judicial purposes on January 1, 1999. If the seventy-third-a district and the seventy-third-b district are created pursuant to this amendatory act, both of the following apply to the judges of the seventy-third district serving on the effective date of this amendatory act:“(a) The judge who resides in Sanilac county and whose term expires on January 1, 2003 shall become a judge of the seventy-third-a district on January 1, 1999 for the balance of the term for which he or she was elected, except that he or she must continue to meet other requirements for eligibility to serve as district judge, including residency requirements.“(b) The judge who resides in Huron county and whose term expires on January 1, 2003 shall become a judge of the seventy-third-b district on January 1, 1999 for the balance of the term to which he or she was elected, except that he or she must continue to meet other requirements for eligibility to serve as district judge, including residency requirements.”