Bill Text: MI SB0759 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts; funding; transfer of certain revenue from the juror compensation fund into the court equity fund; provide for. Amends sec. 151d of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.151d).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-06 - Assigned Pa 0234'11 With Immediate Effect [SB0759 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0759-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 759
October 19, 2011, Introduced by Senator KAHN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 151d (MCL 600.151d), as amended by 2009 PA 151.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 151d. (1) The juror compensation reimbursement fund is
created in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used
as provided in section 151e.
(2) The state treasurer shall credit to the juror compensation
reimbursement fund deposits of proceeds from the collection of
driver license clearance fees as provided in section 321a(11) of
the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.321a, and deposits
of proceeds from the collection of jury demand fees as provided in
sections 2529(1)(c) and 8371(9), and shall credit all income from
investment credited to the fund by the state treasurer. The state
treasurer may invest money in the fund in any manner authorized by
law for the investment of state money. However, an investment shall
not interfere with any apportionment, allocation, or payment of
money as required by section 151e. The state treasurer shall credit
to the fund all income earned as a result of an investment of money
in
the fund. Except as provided in subsections (3), (4), and (5),
and (6), the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end
of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to
the general fund.
(3) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 only,
$4,000,000.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at
the end of that fiscal year shall be transferred by the state
treasurer to the general fund.
(4) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 only,
$2,250,000.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at
the end of that fiscal year shall be transferred by the state
treasurer to the general fund.
(5) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 only,
$1,352,100.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at
the end of that fiscal year shall be transferred by the state
treasurer to the court equity fund created in section 151b.
(6) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 only,
$2,607,500.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at
the end of that fiscal year shall be transferred by the state
treasurer to the court equity fund created in section 151b.
