Bill Text: MI HB4329 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Civil procedure: costs and fees; transcript fee; increase. Amends sec. 2543 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2543).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/12/2019 [HB4329 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4329-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4329
March 12, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Vaupel and Brixie and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 2543 (MCL 600.2543), as amended by 2004 PA 328.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2543. (1) The circuit court reporters or recorders are
entitled to demand and receive per page for a transcript ordered by
any
person the sum of $1.75 $3.50
per original page and 30 75 cents
per
page for each copy, unless a lower rate is agreed upon. on. For
a transcript ordered by the circuit judge, reporters or recorders
are
entitled to receive from the county the same compensation. The
supreme
court, by administrative order or court rule, may authorize
the
payment to circuit court reporters or recorders the sum of
$3.00
per original page and 50 cents per page for each copy for
transcripts
ordered and timely filed as part of a program of
differentiated
case management for appeals of civil cases in which
the
circuit court either grants or denies summary disposition. If a
transcript
ordered under a program of differentiated case
management
is not timely filed, the circuit court reporter or
recorder
is not entitled to receive the increased rate for that
transcript.
(2) Only if the transcript is desired for the purpose of
moving for a new trial or preparing a record for appeal shall the
amount of reporters' or recorders' fees paid for the transcript be
recovered as a part of the taxable costs of the prevailing party in
the motion, in the court of appeals or the supreme court.
