February 28, 2006, Introduced by Senator CROPSEY 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 1996 PA 378.
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 $15.00 $20.50
per folio for the first
insertion,
and $5.85 $8.45
per folio for each subsequent
insertion.
A minimum cost of $42.50 $59.00
shall be allowed for a
notice which must appear 2 times or more, and a minimum cost of
$31.60
$44.00 shall be allowed for a notice which must appear 1
time.
(2)
Each year for 3 years beginning June 1, 1996
2007, the
rates described in subsection (1), as adjusted, if applicable, by
this
subsection, shall be adjusted by the
same percentage as
multiplying the rate by the percentage increase in the rate of
inflation for the same period as measured by the Detroit consumer
price index and rounding the resulting product to the nearest
multiple of 5 cents.
(3) A newspaper publishing for the state an advertisement
other than tax lists shall be permitted to charge for the
advertisement its regular established commercial rate in effect at
the time the advertisement is published.
(4) A newspaper accepting 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 for commercial advertising of the same or similar size.