Bill Text: MI HB4575 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Civil procedure; costs and fees; fee for publication of legal notice; extend sunset for annual increases for inflation. Amends sec. 2534 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2534).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Assigned Pa 82'17 With Immediate Effect [HB4575 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4575-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4575
May 2, 2017, Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Bellino and Runestad and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 2534 (MCL 600.2534), as amended by 2006 PA 506.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2534. (1) For publishing a legal notice or an order,
citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter arising out of
judicial proceedings required by law to be published in a
newspaper, except as provided in subsection (2), the cost shall not
exceed
the rate of $20.50 per folio for the first insertion,
publication
and $8.45 per folio for each subsequent
insertion.
publication. A minimum cost of $59.00 shall be allowed for a notice
which
that must appear be published 2 times or
more, and a minimum
cost
of $44.00 shall be allowed for a notice which that must
appear
be published 1 time.
(2)
Each year for 5 years beginning March 1, 2008, For
publications after December 31, 2017, the department of treasury
shall
adjust the rates described in
subsection (1) shall be
adjusted
to reflect the percentage
increase in the United States
consumer price index from March 1, 2008 to January 1, 2018 and,
annually each year from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2025, shall
further adjust the rates by the percentage increase in the United
States
consumer price index for the immediately preceding calendar
year. and
the The result of
an adjustment under this subsection
must be rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
(3)
A newspaper publishing for the state that publishes an
advertisement
for this state other than a
tax lists shall be
permitted
to list may charge for the advertisement its regular
established commercial rate in effect at the time the advertisement
is published.
(4)
A newspaper accepting that
accepts for publication a legal
or public notice as provided by law shall not charge higher rates
or collect higher rates for political notices or political
advertising
than they charge it
charges for commercial advertising
of the same or similar size.
