Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 600. Revised Judicature Act of 1961 § 600.9943

Sec. 9943. (1) Commencing on the effective date of this section and until September 1, 1981, the judges of the common pleas court of the city of Detroit shall carry out the administrative duties and shall exercise the administrative powers of the district court for the thirty-sixth district as though the district court were functioning in that district during that time. In performing the administrative duties of the district court for the thirty-sixth district, the judges of the common pleas court of the city of Detroit may perform any act, issue any order, or make any appointment, contract, or agreement, except a collective bargaining agreement, on behalf of the district court for the thirty-sixth district which is reasonably necessary to provide for the district court's full, regular, and effective operation in the thirty-sixth district commencing September 1, 1981, and which is within the authority of district judges under chapters 81 to 86 and 99.  1 However, any appointment made under this subsection shall not supplant employees of the common pleas court of the city of Detroit or of the traffic and ordinance division of the city of Detroit who are governed by section 8273.  2

(2) Commencing on the effective date of this section, and in cooperation with the judges of the common pleas court of the city of Detroit, the governing body of the district control unit which will be responsible for financing and maintaining the district court in the thirty-sixth district beginning September 1, 1981, may make any arrangement for the provision of facilities for the court and magistrates which is reasonably necessary to provide for the district court's full, regular, and effective operation in the thirty-sixth district on September 1, 1981.