Sec. 8151.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the eighty-sixth district consists of the counties of Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau, is a district of the first class, and has 3 judges.
(2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the eighty-sixth district has 2 judges:
(a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the eighty-sixth district.
(b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent district judge in the eighty-sixth district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1976 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 38, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2000 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 2012 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of 2000 PA 38 provides:“The following provisions apply to the 2000 general election for judgeship of the eighty-sixth district only:“(a) If 2 incumbent district judges of the eighty-sixth district are candidates for the office of judge, or if no incumbent district judge of the eighty-sixth district is a candidate for the office of judge, the candidate for judgeship of the eighty-sixth district receiving the highest number of votes in the 2000 general election shall be elected for a term of 6 years and the candidate for judgeship of the eighty-sixth district receiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4 years for that election only.“(b) If 1 incumbent district judge of the eighty-sixth district is a candidate for the office of judge, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the judgeship for which the incumbent judge is seeking election shall be elected for a term of 6 years, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the judgeship for which the incumbent judge is not seeking election shall be elected for a term of 4 years.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-81 - Chapter 81 District Court: Establishment; Districts (600.8101...600.8181)
Section 600.8102 - Election Divisions; Effect.
Section 600.8103 - Districts, Classes; Definition.
Section 600.8105 - District Court in Thirty-Sixth District; Functioning.
Section 600.8111 - First District; Monroe County.
Section 600.8113 - Third, Third-A, and Third-B Districts.
Section 600.8114 - Fourth District; Cass County.
Section 600.8115 - Fifth District.
Section 600.8116 - Seventh District.
Section 600.8117 - Eighth District; Kalamazoo County.
Section 600.8118 - Tenth District; Calhoun County and City of Battle Creek.
Section 600.8119 - Twelfth District; Jackson County.
Section 600.8120 - Fourteenth, Fourteenth-A, Fourteenth-B, and Fifteenth Districts.
Section 600.8121 - Sixteenth District to Thirty-Fifth District.
Section 600.8121a - Thirty-Sixth District.
Section 600.8122 - Thirty-Seventh District to Forty-Second District.
Section 600.8123 - Forty-Third District to Fifty-Second District.
Section 600.8124 - Fifty-Third District; Livingston County.
Section 600.8127 - Fifty-Seventh District; Allegan County.
Section 600.8128 - Fifty-Eighth District.
Section 600.8128a - Fifty-Ninth District.
Section 600.8129 - Sixtieth District.
Section 600.8130 - Sixty-First to Sixty-Third District.
Section 600.8131 - Sixty-Fourth-a District and Sixty-Fourth-B District.
Section 600.8132 - Sixty-Fifth-a District; Sixty-Fifth-B District.
Section 600.8133 - Sixty-Sixth District; Shiawassee County.
Section 600.8134 - Sixty-Seventh and Sixty-Eighth Districts.
Section 600.8135 - Seventieth District.
Section 600.8136 - Seventy-First-a and Seventy-First-B Districts.
Section 600.8137 - Seventy-Second District; St. Clair County.
Section 600.8138 - Seventy-Third-a and Seventy-Third-B Districts.
Section 600.8139 - Seventy-Fourth District; Bay County.
Section 600.8140 - Seventy-Fifth District; Midland County.
Section 600.8141 - Seventy-Sixth District; Isabella County.
Section 600.8142 - Seventy-Seventh District; Mecosta and Osceola Counties.
Section 600.8143 - Seventy-Eighth District.
Section 600.8144 - Seventy-Ninth District.
Section 600.8145 - Eightieth District; Clare and Gladwin Counties.
Section 600.8146 - Eighty-First District.
Section 600.8147 - Eighty-Second District.
Section 600.8148 - Eighty-Third District.
Section 600.8149 - Eighty-Fourth District; Wexford and Missaukee Counties.
Section 600.8150 - Eighty-Fifth District; Manistee and Benzie Counties.
Section 600.8151 - Eighty-Sixth District; Grand Traverse, Antrim, and Leelanau Counties.
Section 600.8153 - Eighty-Eighth District; Alpena and Montmorency Counties.
Section 600.8154 - Eighty-Ninth District.
Section 600.8155 - Ninetieth District; Emmet and Charlevoix Counties.
Section 600.8156 - Ninety-First District; Chippewa County.
Section 600.8157 - Ninety-Second District; Mackinac and Luce Counties.
Section 600.8158 - Ninety-Third District; Schoolcraft and Alger Counties.
Section 600.8159 - Ninety-Fourth District; Delta County.
Section 600.8160 - Ninety-Fifth-a District and Ninety-Fifth-B District.
Section 600.8161 - Ninety-Sixth District; Marquette County.
Section 600.8162 - Ninety-Seventh District.
Section 600.8163 - Ninety-Eighth District; Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties.
Section 600.8164 - Repealed. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972.
Section 600.8171 - Changes in Districts; Supreme Court Recommendations.