Michigan Compiled Laws
236-1961-81 - Chapter 81 District Court: Establishment; Districts (600.8101...600.8181)
Section 600.8171 - Changes in Districts; Supreme Court Recommendations.

Sec. 8171.
The supreme court may make recommendations to the legislature in regard to changes in the number of judges, the creation, alteration and discontinuance of districts based on changes in judicial activity.
History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

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 600.8101 - District Court; Establishment; Court of Record; Judicial Districts; City Located in More Than One District.

Section 600.8102 - Election Divisions; Effect.

Section 600.8103 - Districts, Classes; Definition.

Section 600.8104 - “District Funding Unit” or “District Control Unit” Defined; Responsibilities; Agreement to Share Expenses; Supplying Law Books and Legal Reference Resources.

Section 600.8105 - District Court in Thirty-Sixth District; Functioning.

Section 600.8111 - First District; Monroe County.

Section 600.8112 - Second District; Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties; Creation of Second-a District and Second-B District.

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 600.8125 - Fifty-Fourth-a District, Fifty-Fourth-B District, and Fifty-Fifth District; Consolidation by Resolution; Juror Selection Requirements.

Section 600.8126 - Fifty-Sixth District; Creation of Fifty-Sixth-a District and Fifty-Sixth-B District.

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 600.8152 - Eighty-Seventh-a District; Eighty-Seventh-B District; Eighty-Seventh-C District; Otsego, Kalkaska, and Crawford 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.

Section 600.8175 - Additional District Judgeships; Creation; Approval by District Control Unit; Resolution; Filing; Valid Approval of Judgeship; Notice to Elections Division; State's Obligation; Election; First Term.

Section 600.8176 - Creation of New District and Judgeship; Conditions; Notification of Elections Division; Resolution; Exercise of Option; Obligation of State; Election and Term of Judgeship; Approval of District Control Unit Not Required.

Section 600.8177 - Consolidation of District of Third Class With District of Second Class; Procedure.

Section 600.8178 - Failure to Adopt Resolution Approving Consolidation; Submission of Question to Vote of Electors; Procedure.

Section 600.8180 - Consolidation of Twelfth and Thirteenth Districts; Expenses and Capital Improvements; Judges' Salaries; Costs of State Requirements; Filing Copies of Resolutions and Agreements; Notification of Elections Division; Transfer of Emplo...

Section 600.8181 - Record of Proceedings; Reports.