(1) The thirty-seventh district consists of the cities of Warren and Center Line, is a district of the third class, and has 4 judges.

  (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the thirty-eighth district consists of the city of Eastpointe, is a district of the third class, and has 1 judge.

  (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the thirty-ninth district consists of the cities of Roseville and Fraser, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges. If the governing bodies of the cities of Roseville, Fraser, and Eastpointe approve by resolutions the consolidation of the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth districts prior to January 1, 2020, all of the following apply:

  (a) The thirty-eighth district is abolished and the thirty-ninth district consists of the cities of Roseville, Fraser, and Eastpointe, is a district of the third class, and has 4 judges. The additional judgeship in the thirty-ninth district shall be filled by the incumbent judge of the thirty-eighth district, who shall become a judge of the thirty-ninth district for the balance of the term to which he or she was elected or appointed.

  (b) The clerks of the cities of Roseville, Fraser, and Eastpointe shall file copies of the resolutions with the state court administrator, who, as authorized by the supreme court, shall notify the elections division of the department of state that the consolidation has been approved under this section. A resolution that is filed before January 2, 2019 is a valid approval of the consolidation.

  (c) By proposing or authorizing the consolidation of the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth districts, the legislature is not creating a new obligation for any affected district control unit. If a district control unit, acting through its governing body, approves the consolidation, then the approval constitutes an exercise of the district control unit’s option to increase the level of activity and service offered in that district control unit beyond that required by existing law, as the elements of that option are provided by 1979 PA 101, MCL 21.231 to 21.244, and a voluntary acceptance by that district control unit of all expenses and capital improvements that may result from the consolidation of the districts. However, the exercise of the option does not affect the state’s obligation to pay the same portion of each judge’s salary that is paid by the state to other district judges as provided by law, or to appropriate and disburse funds to the district control unit for the necessary costs of state requirements established by a state law that becomes effective on or after December 23, 1978.

  (4) The fortieth district consists of the city of Saint Clair Shores, is a district of the third class, and has 2 judges.

  (5) The forty-first-a district consists of the cities of Utica and Sterling Heights and the townships of Shelby and Macomb in the county of Macomb, is a district of the third class, and has 4 judges.

  (6) The forty-first-b district consists of the city of Mt. Clemens and the townships of Clinton and Harrison in the county of Macomb, is a district of the third class, and has 3 judges.

  (7) The forty-second district consists of the cities of Memphis, Richmond, and New Baltimore and the townships of Bruce, Washington, Armada, Ray, Richmond, Lenox, and Chesterfield in the county of Macomb, is a district of the second class, and is divided into the following election divisions:

  (a) The first division consists of the cities of Memphis and Richmond and the townships of Bruce, Washington, Armada, Ray, and Richmond and has 1 judge.

  (b) The second division consists of the city of New Baltimore and the townships of Lenox and Chesterfield and has 1 judge.