(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the seventy-fifth district consists of the county of Midland, is a district of the first class, and has 2 judges.

    (2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the seventy-fifth district has 1 judge:

    (a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the seventy-fifth district.

    (b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent district judge in the seventy-fifth district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office.