Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.841 (2026)

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CALCULATION OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS BY LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT

Act 443 of 1980

38.841 Definitions.

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Local unit of government" means a county, city, township, or other political subdivision of this state which offers its employees a retirement plan in which a judge may be a member.

(b) "Judge" means a judge of the district court, the circuit court, or the recorder's court of the city of Detroit, who has converted a portion of his or her state salary standardization payment as an addition to his or her state base salary under section 14a or 14c of Act No. 198 of the Public Acts of 1951, as amended, being sections 38.814a and 38.814c of the Michigan Compiled Laws. For purposes of sections 2 and 6, "judge" also means a judge of the probate court.

History: 1980, Act 443, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 188, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1987–1987 · leading case: Dunn v. Bd. of Trs. of Wayne Cnty. Ret. Sys., 407 N.W.2d 657 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987).

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Dunn v. Bd. of Trs. of Wayne Cnty. Ret. Sys., 407 N.W.2d 657 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). “When the Legislature enacted § 14a of the Judges’ Retirement Act, it simultaneously enacted 1980 PA 443 , effective September 1, 1981, MCL 38.841 et seq.; MSA 27.125(41) et seq.”

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