Bill Text: MI HB4210 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Courts; juries; increase in juror compensation; provide for. Amends sec. 151e of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.151e). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4209'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-20 - Assigned Pa 52'17 With Immediate Effect [HB4210 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4210-Engrossed.html
HB-4210, As Passed Senate, May 30, 2017
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4210
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 must be distributed each year as provided
in this section.
(2) The state court administrator is authorized to allocate
funds from the juror compensation reimbursement fund to enter into
a contract with a jury management software vendor to provide
software and ongoing support and maintenance to all state trial
courts.
(3) The state court administrator is authorized to provide
funding from the juror compensation reimbursement fund for a
position within the state court administrative office that provides
technical assistance to all state trial courts on jury management
in order to improve efficiency, reduce the number of citizens
summoned unnecessarily for jury service, and reduce costs to state
taxpayers for juror pay, mileage, and meals.
(4) The sum of money spend in subsections (2) and (3) must not
diminish the amount reimbursed to court funding units as prescribed
in subsection (7).
(5) (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 providing the total amount
of
the
expense incurred during the fiscal year by that funding unit
due
to the increase in the statutory minimum compensation rate for
jurors
that took effect October 1, 2003, pursuant to 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.period
for juror compensation.
(6) (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).
(7). 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 must 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.including expenditures under subsections (2),
(3), and
(4).
(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,
under
subsections (2), (3), and (7), the
unencumbered balance shall
must
be carried forward to the next fiscal
year and shall must not
revert to the general fund.
(7) (4)
Each court funding unit is entitled
to receive
reimbursement from the fund for the juror compensation expense
amount
reported under subsection (2) (5)
for the preceding 6
months, excluding any juror compensation in excess of the statutory
minimum under section 1344 and excluding the first $7.50 for half-
day juror attendance rates, the first $15.00 for full-day juror
attendance rates, and the first 10 cents per mile reimbursement.
(8) (5)
Payments from the fund shall must be
made every 6
months.
Reimbursement for each 6-month period beginning with the
quarter
that ends March 31, 2004 shall must
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.
(9) (7)
As used in this section: ,
"court
(a) "Court funding unit" means 1 of the following, as
applicable:
(i) (a)
For circuit or probate court, the
county.
(ii) (b)
For district court, the district
funding unit as that
term is defined in section 8104.
(iii) (c)
For a municipal court, the city in
which the
municipal court is located.
(b) "Juror compensation" means mileage reimbursement and
attendance rates paid to jurors.
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. 4209 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into
law.
