A reconsideration motion of a vote on
legislation that would shift the Court of Claims from the Ingham County Circuit
Court to the Court of Appeals and also expand the jurisdiction had the
one-third votes it needed by the House Democrats but was quickly rejected by
the House Republicans.
The Democrats were denied in their attempt to
file a motion to have the vote reconsidered and also to challenge the bill’s
immediate effect.
This legislation would affect the Court of
Claims in that it would expand its jurisdiction to hear any claims against the
state and the state’s departments or officers. The Supreme Court would be
required to assign four Court of Appeals judges to serve as the Court of Claims
and those judges would need to come from at least two of the four Court of
Appeals districts.