Bill Text: MI HB5727 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts; juries; increase in juror compensation; provide for. Amends sec. 151e of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.151e). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4561'15
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-09-13 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5727 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5727-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5727
June 8, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 151e (MCL 600.151e), as amended by 2004 PA 465.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 151e. (1) The money in the juror compensation
reimbursement
fund shall be distributed each year as provided in
this section.
(2) Each court funding unit shall submit a report semiannually
to the state court administrator, for each court for which it is a
funding unit, giving the total amount of the expense incurred
during
the fiscal year by that funding unit due to the any increase
in
the statutory minimum compensation rate for jurors that took
effect
October 1, 2003, pursuant to under
section 1344. If any of
the juror compensation payments made by that court funding unit
were in excess of the statutory minimum amount prescribed in
section 1344, the report also shall include the total amount paid
to jurors in excess of that statutory minimum.
(3) Each year, the state court administrator, at the direction
of the supreme court and upon confirmation by the state treasurer
of the total amount available in the fund, shall distribute from
the fund the amount prescribed in subsection (4). However,
reimbursements under this subsection are subject to both of the
following:
(a)
For fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2004, the
The state court administrator shall be reimbursed semiannually from
the fund for reasonable costs associated with the administration of
this section, not to exceed an annual total of $40,000.00.
(b) If the amount available in the fund in any fiscal year is
more than the amount needed to pay the entire reimbursement
required
for all court funding units under subsection (4), subject
to
section 151d(3) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005,
the unencumbered balance shall be carried forward to the next
fiscal year and shall not revert to the general fund.
(4) Each court funding unit is entitled to receive
reimbursement from the fund for the expense amount reported under
subsection (2) for the preceding 6 months, excluding any juror
compensation in excess of the statutory minimum under section 1344.
(5) Payments from the fund shall be made every 6 months.
Reimbursement
for each 6-month period beginning with the quarter
that
ends March 31, 2004 shall be made
from the fund not later than
2 months after the end of the 6-month period.
(6)
In addition to the amounts to be paid out under subsection
(5)
for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2004 and for the 6-
month
period ending September 30, 2004, the state court
administrator
shall pay an additional sum equal to 14% of the
payment
due under subsection (5) to each court funding unit. These
2
extra payments are intended to offset expenses incurred by court
funding
units for costs in adapting to the changes in the statutory
minimum
rate for juror compensation as implemented by 2002 PA 739.
(6) (7)
As used in this section,
"court funding unit" means 1
of the following, as applicable:
(a) For circuit or probate court, the county.
(b) For district court, the district funding unit as that term
is defined in section 8104.
(c) For a municipal court, the city in which the municipal
court is located.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 4561 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into
law.
