Section 600.8313 - Prosecution of violations; exception(1) A violation of state criminal law shall be prosecuted in the district court by the prosecuting attorney. A violation of an ordinance of a political subdivision that is a misdemeanor or that is not designated as a civil infraction shall be prosecuted in the district court by the attorney for the political subdivision whose ordinance was violated. If the violation is a civil infraction, the prosecuting attorney or attorney for the political subdivision shall appear in court only in those civil infraction actions that are contested before a judge of the district court in a formal hearing as provided in any of the following, as applicable: (c) Section 747 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.747.(2) This section does not apply to an ordinance violation designated a blight violation by a political subdivision that establishes an administrative hearings bureau pursuant to statute to adjudicate and impose sanctions for blight violations.Amended by 2003, Act 319, s 1, eff. 1/12/2004.Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. 6/17/1968 ;--Am. 1978, Act 511, Eff. 8/1/1979 ;--Am. 1994, Act 12, Eff. 5/1/1994 ;--Am. 1995, Act 54, Eff. 1/1/1996.