REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961
Act 236 of 1961
600.8130 Sixty-first to sixty-third district.
Sec. 8130.
(1) The sixty-first district consists of the city of Grand Rapids, is a district of the third class, and has 6 judges.
(2) The sixty-second-a district consists of the city of Wyoming, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.
(3) The sixty-second-b district consists of the city of Kentwood, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.
(4) The sixty-third district consists of the county of Kent, except the cities of Grand Rapids, Walker, Grandville, Wyoming, and Kentwood, is a district of the second class, and has 2 judges. For purposes of the November 2020 general election only, the term of the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes is 8 years and the term of the candidate who receives the second greatest number of votes is 6 years. Subject to section 8175, the sixty-third district may have 1 additional judge beginning January 1, 2025.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 30, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1970 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 135, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2014 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 311, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2023
Compiler's Notes:
Section 2 of Act 135 of 1988 provides:“Any additional district judgeship to be added by election in 1988 shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless each district control unit of the district, by resolution adopted by the governing body of the district control unit, approves the creation of that judgeship and unless the clerk of each district control unit adopting such a resolution files a copy of the resolution with the state court administrator not later than 4 p.m. of the tenth Tuesday preceding the August primary for the election to fill the additional district judgeship.”
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases, 1980–2009 · leading case:
In Re Servaas, 774 N.W.2d 46 (Mich. 2009).
In Re Servaas, 774 N.W.2d 46 (Mich. 2009).
· cites it 6× “MCL 600.8130(4). The fact that it has two divisions does not make it two districts.”
Kain v. State, 311 N.W.2d 351 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981).
· cites it 2× “" MCL 600.8130(1); MSA 27A.8130(1). Section 8104 then establishes a "district control unit" [4] which in the case of the 61st district is the *302 City of Grand Rapids and proceeds to state that except as otherwise provided the entire cost of operating the court is the…”
City of Rockford v. 63rd Dist. Court, 781 N.W.2d 145 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 3× “MCL 600.8130(4). The district is divided into two election divisions and plaintiff city of Rockford is located in the first division.”
City of Grand Rapids v. Kent Cnty., 292 N.W.2d 475 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980).
· cites it 3× “MCL 600.8130(1); MSA 27A.8130(1). The City of Kentwood is the district control unit of the 62nd B district.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8130(1) — 2 cases
Kain v. State, 311 N.W.2d 351 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981).
“" MCL 600.8130(1); MSA 27A.8130(1). Section 8104 then establishes a "district control unit" [4] which in the case of the 61st district is the *302 City of Grand Rapids and proceeds to state that except as otherwise provided the entire cost of operating the court is the…”
City of Grand Rapids v. Kent Cnty., 292 N.W.2d 475 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980).
“MCL 600.8130(1); MSA 27A.8130(1). The City of Kentwood is the district control unit of the 62nd B district.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8130(3) — 1 case
City of Grand Rapids v. Kent Cnty., 292 N.W.2d 475 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980).
“MCL 600.8130(1); MSA 27A.8130(1). The City of Kentwood is the district control unit of the 62nd B district.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8130(4) — 3 cases
In Re Servaas, 774 N.W.2d 46 (Mich. 2009).
“MCL 600.8130(4). The fact that it has two divisions does not make it two districts.”
City of Rockford v. 63rd Dist. Court, 781 N.W.2d 145 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).
“MCL 600.8130(4). The district is divided into two election divisions and plaintiff city of Rockford is located in the first division.”
City of Grand Rapids v. Kent Cnty., 292 N.W.2d 475 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980).
“MCL 600.8130(1); MSA 27A.8130(1). The City of Kentwood is the district control unit of the 62nd B district.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8130(4)(a) — 1 case
In Re Servaas, 774 N.W.2d 46 (Mich. 2009).
“MCL 600.8130(4). The fact that it has two divisions does not make it two districts.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8130(4)(b) — 1 case
In Re Servaas, 774 N.W.2d 46 (Mich. 2009).
“MCL 600.8130(4). The fact that it has two divisions does not make it two districts.”
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