Terms Used In Michigan Laws 4.263

  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
   Unless legislation enacting a redistricting plan for the house of representatives and senate is approved on or before the deadline established in section 1, a political party, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the house of representatives, the majority leader of the senate, or the minority leader of the senate may file, on or after November 2 immediately following the deadline established in section 1, a petition or other pleadings or papers with the supreme court requesting that the supreme court prepare a redistricting plan for the senate and house of representatives in compliance with the redistricting guidelines set in section 1.