MI SB0712

Expands eligibility for district court magistrate appointments by allowing individuals who either reside in or are employed by the appointing county, rather than requiring them to be registered voters in the district

Removes the previous requirement that magistrates in most districts must be registered electors, replacing it with the residency or county employment standard

Maintains stricter requirements for the 36th district (Detroit), where magistrates must still be registered electors in the district or an adjoining district under concurrent jurisdiction plans

Allows magistrate appointments in adjoining districts if made under a plan of concurrent jurisdiction adopted under chapter 4 of the Revised Judicature Act

Makes technical language updates throughout, changing "shall" to "must" and "person" to "individual" to modernize statutory language