MASON, MI -- A trial date has been set in the case of Todd Courser, the former Michigan lawmaker facing criminal charges following an affair and subsequent cover-up.

A Monday, Sept. 26, date was set for Courser's jury trial on one count of perjury and one count of of misconduct in office, Ingham County Circuit Court staff said. The trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in Circuit Court Judge William E. Collette's courtroom in Mason.

Former state Rep. Todd Courser, left, speaks with co-counselor Jay Baker during Courser's preliminary hearing in Lansing on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (Emily Rose Bennett | MLive.com)

Another hearing will be held Sept. 22 in the case, a court clerk said.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed charges against Courser and Cindy Gamrat in February after the two then-lawmaker's affair became public and unraveled into a bizarre scandal in 2015.

Following a preliminary hearing that concluded in June in Ingham County 54-A District Court, Judge Hugh B. Clarke Jr. dismissed two counts of misconduct in office against Courser and bound him over for trial on a remaining count of perjury and one count of misconduct in office.

The misconduct charge that was bound over for trial alleges Courser ordered staffers to sign blue backs -- where a bill sponsor signs legislation. The blue backs must be signed by the legislator. The bound-over perjury charge is based on allegations that Courser lied to Michigan House of Representative investigators related to the case.

Gamrat no longer faces charges, after Clarke dismissed both counts of misconduct in office against her during the June preliminary hearing.

Courser resigned and Gamrat was expelled from the Michigan House in September 2015 in the wake of the scandal.

Courser's attorney, Matthew DePerno, did not immediately return a message left seeking comment Friday afternoon.

Courser has said he looks forward to explaining the issues with the two charges against him and maintains his innocence.