Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.263 (2026)
Preparation of plan by supreme court; petition or pleadings.
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REDISTRICTING PLANS
Act 463 of 1996
4.263 Preparation of plan by supreme court; petition or pleadings.
Sec. 3.
Unless legislation enacting a redistricting plan for the house of representatives and senate is approved on or before the deadline established in section 1, a political party, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the house of representatives, the majority leader of the senate, or the minority leader of the senate may file, on or after November 2 immediately following the deadline established in section 1, a petition or other pleadings or papers with the supreme court requesting that the supreme court prepare a redistricting plan for the senate and house of representatives in compliance with the redistricting guidelines set in section 1.
History: 1996, Act 463, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2018–2018 · leading case: Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution v. Sec'y of State, 921 N.W.2d 247 (Mich. 2018).
Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution v. Sec'y of State, 921 N.W.2d 247 (Mich. 2018). “MCL 4.263. To summarize, the redistricting commission created by the 1963 Constitution was shortly thereafter struck down and in its place the people, through their elected representatives, restored the power to redistrict back to the Legislature.”
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