Bill Text: MI HB4209 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Courts; juries; juror compensation; increase. Amends sec. 1344 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1344).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-20 - Assigned Pa 51'17 With Immediate Effect [HB4209 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4209-Engrossed.html
HB-4209, As Passed House, May 3, 2017
HOUSE BILL No. 4209
February 15, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Lucido and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 1344 (MCL 600.1344), as amended by 2002 PA 739.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1344. (1) A juror shall must
be reimbursed for his or her
traveling expenses at a rate, determined by the county board of
commissioners, that is not less than 10 cents per mile for
traveling from the juror's residence to the place of holding court
and returning for each day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at
sessions of the court.
(2)
A juror also shall must be compensated at a rate,
determined by the county board of commissioners, as follows:
(a)
Until October 1, 2003, not less than $15.00 per day and
$7.50
per 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court.
(a) (b)
Beginning October 1, 2003, a Except
as provided in
subdivision (b), a rate determined as follows:
(i) For the first day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the
court, not less than $25.00 per day and $12.50 per 1/2 day.
(ii) For each subsequent day or 1/2 day of actual attendance
at the court, not less than $40.00 per day and $20.00 per 1/2 day.
(b) Beginning April 1, 2018, and every subsequent fiscal year,
if, as of the end of the 2 most recent fiscal years, the state
court administrator, at the direction of the supreme court and upon
confirmation by the state treasurer, determines that sufficient
funds are available in the juror compensation reimbursement fund
created in section 151d, a rate determined as follows:
(i) For the first day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at the
court, not less than $30.00 per day and $15.00 per 1/2 day.
(ii) For each subsequent day or 1/2 day of actual attendance
at the court, not less than $45.00 per day and $22.50 per 1/2 day.
(3) If an action is removed from the circuit court to a lower
court,
the jury fee shall must be paid to the circuit court whether
paid before or after removal of the action to the lower court, and
the
circuit court shall be is responsible for payment of the
compensation to the juror involved.
(4) A clerk or deputy clerk of the court who fraudulently
issues a certificate of attendance of a juror on which the juror
receives pay, except as allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor
,
punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 6 months , or a
fine
of not more than $500.00, or both.
(5) As used in this section, "sufficient funds" means an
amount exceeding $2,000,000.00 in the juror compensation
reimbursement fund created in section 151d.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
