MI SB0834

Twenty-fourth judicial circuit expands to include both Huron and Sanilac counties upon a vacancy occurring or the incumbent judge's term ending in the fifty-second judicial circuit, whichever is earlier.

Fifty-second judicial circuit is abolished effective upon either a vacancy in the circuit judge position or the beginning date of a term when the incumbent judge no longer seeks election or reelection, whichever occurs first.

Division or consolidation of circuits without increasing the total number of judgeships does not require county board of commissioners approval.

Reformation of the eleventh, twenty-third, twenty-sixth, thirty-fourth, fiftieth, and fifty-third judicial circuits under 2002 PA 92 does not require county board approval.

Circuit judge salaries and state-mandated costs remain the state's obligation regardless of county approval for new circuits or judgeships.