HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1992.04.16 - 19141April 16, 1992
MISC. RESOLUTION 92073
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE -
Richard G. Skarritt, Chairperson
RE: HB 5618 (Oppose) Amendment of Revised Judicature Act
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, geographic/population criteria are contained
within the present Revised Judicature Act which specifically
designates in which city or village the District Courts will sit,
and
WHEREAS, the present Act also contains language which
allows the District Courts to sit in other cities and villages from
time to time, as determined by the Court, and
WHEREAS, HB 5618, eliminates population criteria as a
determinant factor in the location of second class district courts,
and gives, on one hand, the responsibility of such determination to
the district control unit (County), and with the other hand reduces
the District Control Unit's authority by making such decisions
subject to the approval of the Chief District Judge, and
WHEREAS, the lack of location criteria carries the
potential to pit community against community, breeding
disharmony within the local community, and engendering factious
procedures at the District Control level.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners opposes enactment of HB 5618.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
sent to all State Legislators from Oakland County and to the
County's Legislative Agent, and to the Board of Commissioners of
the other affected Counties: Genesee, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent,
Macomb, and Washtenaw.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government
Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
#92073 April 16, 1992
Moved by Wolf supported by Schmid the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Johnson, Krause, McConnell, Moffitt, Olsen, Pappageorge, Schmid.
(7)
NAYS: Huntoon, Jensen, McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Oaks, Palmer,
Pernick, Serra, Skarritt, Wolf, Bishop, Caddell, Crake, Ferrens, Gosling. (16)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the resolution failed.