600.528 Twenty-seventh judicial circuit.Sec. 528. (1) Until June 30, 2022, the twenty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Newaygo and Oceana and has 1 judge. Beginning July 1, 2022, the twenty-seventh judicial circuit consists of the counties of Newaygo and Lake and has 1 judge. (2) The incumbent judge of the twenty-seventh judicial circuit who resides in Newaygo County shall become the judge of the reformed twenty-seventh judicial circuit on July 1, 2022, and shall serve until the term for which he or she was elected in the twenty-seventh judicial circuit expires. History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1976 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 2012 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2022 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 134 of 1988 provides:'Any additional circuit judgeship to be added by election in 1988 shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless each county in the circuit, by resolution adopted by the county board of commissioners, approves the creation of the judgeship and unless the clerk of each county adopting such a resolution files a copy of ounty in the circuit, by resolution adopted by the county board of commissioners, approves the creation of the judgeship and unless the clerk of each county 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 circuit judgeship.'
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