HOUSE BILL No. 4075

 

 

January 28, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Hummel and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Revised judicature act of 1961,"                                           

                                                                                

    by amending section 2529 (MCL 600.2529), as amended by 2002                 

                                                                                

    PA 605.                                                                     

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2529.  (1) In the circuit court, the following fees                    

                                                                                

2   shall be paid to the clerk of the court:                                    

                                                                                

3       (a) Before a civil action other than an action brought                      

                                                                                

4   exclusively under section 2950, 2950a, or 2950h to 2950l is                 

                                                                                

5   commenced, or before  the  filing  of  an application for                   

                                                                                

6   superintending control or for an extraordinary writ, except  the            

                                                                                

7   a writ of habeas corpus, the party bringing the action or filing            

                                                                                

8   the application shall pay  the sum of  $100.00.   The clerk at              

                                                                                

9   At the end of each month, the clerk shall transmit for each fee             

                                                                                

10  collected under this subdivision  within  during the month  ,               

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   $18.75 to the executive secretary of the Michigan judges                    

                                                                                

2   retirement system created by the judges retirement act of 1992,             

                                                                                

3   1992 PA 234, MCL 38.2101 to 38.2670; $5.00 to the secretary of              

                                                                                

4   the Michigan legislative retirement system for deposit with the             

                                                                                

5   state treasurer in the retirement fund created by the Michigan              

                                                                                

6   legislative retirement system act, 1957 PA 261, MCL 38.1001 to              

                                                                                

7   38.1080; $5.25 to the state treasurer for deposit in the general            

                                                                                

8   fund; $2.00 to the state treasurer to be credited to the                    

                                                                                

9   community dispute resolution fund created by the community                  

                                                                                

10  dispute resolution act, 1988 PA 260, MCL 691.1551 to 691.1564;              

                                                                                

11  $11.00 to the county treasurer; and the balance of the filing fee           

                                                                                

12  to the state treasurer for deposit in the state court fund                  

                                                                                

13  created in section 151a.                                                    

                                                                                

14      (b) Before  the  filing  of  a claim of appeal or motion for                

                                                                                

15  leave to appeal from the district court, probate court, a                   

                                                                                

16  municipal court, or an administrative tribunal or agency,  the              

                                                                                

17  sum of  $100.00.  For each fee collected under this subdivision,            

                                                                                

18  the clerk shall transmit $15.00 to the state treasurer for                  

                                                                                

19  deposit in the state court fund created in section 151a.                    

                                                                                

20      (c)  If  At the time a trial by jury is demanded, the party                 

                                                                                

21  making the demand  at the time  shall pay  the sum of  $85.00.              

                                                                                

22  Failure to pay the fee at the time the demand is made constitutes           

                                                                                

23  a waiver of the right to a jury trial.  The  sum  jury fee shall            

                                                                                

24  be taxed in favor of the party  paying  that paid the fee  , in             

                                                                                

25  case  if the party recovers a judgment for costs.  For each fee             

                                                                                

26  collected under this subdivision, the clerk shall transmit $25.00           

                                                                                

27  to the state treasurer for deposit in the juror compensation                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   reimbursement fund created in section 151d.                                 

                                                                                

2       (d) Before entry of a final judgment in an action for divorce               

                                                                                

3   or separate maintenance in which minor children are involved, or            

                                                                                

4   the entry of a final judgment in a child custody dispute                    

                                                                                

5   submitted to the circuit court as an original action, 1 of the              

                                                                                

6   following,  sums,  which shall be deposited by the county                   

                                                                                

7   treasurer as provided in section 2530:                                      

                                                                                

8                                                                                (i) If the  matter was contested or uncontested and  action                         

                                                                                

9   was not submitted to domestic relations mediation or                        

                                                                                

10  investigation by the friend of the court, $30.00.                           

                                                                                

11      (ii) If the  matter was contested or uncontested and  action                 

                                                                                

12  was submitted to domestic relations mediation, $50.00.                      

                                                                                

13      (iii) If the  matter was contested or uncontested and the                    

                                                                                

14  office of the friend of the court conducted an investigation and            

                                                                                

15  made a recommendation to the court, $70.00.                                 

                                                                                

16      (e) Except as otherwise provided in this section,  upon the                 

                                                                                

17  on filing  of  a motion  the sum of  or on filing an initial                

                                                                                

18  petition under section 2950 or 2950a, $20.00.  In  conjunction              

                                                                                

19  with  an action brought under section 2950 or 2950a, a motion fee           

                                                                                

20  shall not be collected for a motion to dismiss the petition, a              

                                                                                

21  motion to modify, rescind, or terminate a personal protection               

                                                                                

22  order, or a motion to show cause for a violation of a personal              

                                                                                

23  protection order.  A motion fee shall not be collected for a                

                                                                                

24  motion to dismiss a proceeding to enforce a foreign protection              

                                                                                

25  order or a motion to show cause for a violation of a foreign                

                                                                                

26  protection order under sections 2950h to 2950l.  For each fee               

                                                                                

27  collected under this subdivision, the clerk shall transmit $10.00           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   to the state treasurer for deposit in the state court fund                  

                                                                                

2   created by section 151a.                                                    

                                                                                

3       (f) For services under the direction of the court that are                  

                                                                                

4   not specifically provided for in this section relative to  the              

                                                                                

5   receipt, safekeeping, or  expending  expenditure of money,  or              

                                                                                

6   the  purchasing, taking, or transferring  of  a security, or                

                                                                                

7   the  collecting  of  interest on a security,  the clerk shall              

                                                                                

8   receive  a party shall pay the allowance and compensation  from             

                                                                                

9   the parties as  considered just and ordered by the court  may               

                                                                                

10  consider just and shall direct by court order,  after notice to             

                                                                                

11  the  parties  party to be charged.                                          

                                                                                

12      (g) Upon appeal to the court of appeals or the supreme court,               

                                                                                

13  the sum of  $25.00.                                                        

                                                                                

14      (h)  The sum of $15.00 as  As a service fee for each writ of                

                                                                                

15  garnishment, attachment, execution, or judgment debtor discovery            

                                                                                

16  subpoena issued, $15.00.                                                    

                                                                                

17      (2) The  sums  fees paid as provided in this section  shall                 

                                                                                

18  be held  to be  are payment in full for all clerk, entry, and               

                                                                                

19  judgment fees in an action from the commencement of the action              

                                                                                

20  to and including  through the issuance and return of the                   

                                                                                

21  execution or other final process, and are taxable as costs.                 

                                                                                

22      (3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the clerk                 

                                                                                

23  of the circuit court shall pay the fees  shall be paid over                 

                                                                                

24  collected under this section to the county treasurer as required            

                                                                                

25  by law.                                                                     

                                                                                

26      (4) The court shall order  any of the fees  a fee prescribed                

                                                                                

27  in this section waived or suspended, in whole or in part, upon a            

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   showing by affidavit of indigency or inability to pay.                      

                                                                                

2       (5) The clerk of the circuit court shall prepare and submit a               

                                                                                

3   court filing fee report to the executive secretary of the                   

                                                                                

4   Michigan judges retirement system created by the judges                     

                                                                                

5   retirement act of 1992, 1992 PA 234, MCL 38.2101 to 38.2670, at             

                                                                                

6   the same time the clerk of the circuit court transmits the                  

                                                                                

7   portion of the fees collected under this section to the executive           

                                                                                

8   secretary.