Act No. 378

Public Acts of 2020

Approved by the Governor

January 4, 2021

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 4, 2021

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2021

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2020

Introduced by Reps. Mueller, Yancey, Stone, Lasinski, Bolden, Hood, Tyrone Carter, Hope, Whitsett, Sneller, Sabo, Warren, Sowerby, Cambensy, Clemente, Cherry, Manoogian, Kuppa, Hoadley, Gay-Dagnogo, Guerra, Brann, Kahle, O Malley, Meerman, Wozniak, Brixie, Peterson, Ellison, Wittenberg, Hammoud, Kennedy and Chirkun

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5849

AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts, by amending section 151d (MCL 600.151d), as amended by 2020 PA 172.

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 must 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(5) 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 must 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), (5), (6), and (7), the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the fund and must 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 must 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 must 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 must 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 must be transferred by the state treasurer to the court equity fund created in section 151b.

(7) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 only, $2,500,000.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at the end of that fiscal year must be transferred by the state treasurer to the general fund.

 

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2021.

 

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5846 of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.

 

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Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor