HOUSE BILL No. 5903


     June 2, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Profit and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

   "Revised judicature act of 1961,"

   by amending section 2543 (MCL 600.2543), as amended by 1986 PA

   308.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 2543.  (1) The circuit court reporters or recorders

 2    shall be entitled to demand and receive per page for a transcript

 3    ordered by any person the sum of  $1.75  $3.00 per original page

 4    and  30  50 cents per page for each copy, unless a lower rate is

 5    agreed upon.  For a transcript ordered by the circuit judge,

 6    reporters or recorders shall be entitled to receive from the

 7    county the same compensation.

 8         (2) Only if the transcript is desired for the purpose of

 9    moving for a new trial or preparing a record for appeal shall the

10    amount of reporters' or recorders' fees paid for the transcript


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 1    be recovered as a part of the taxable costs of the prevailing

 2    party in the motion, in the court of appeals or the supreme

 3    court.


















































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