Act No. 99

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

May 28, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 28, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 1998

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Reps. Ciaramitaro and Nye

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5250

AN ACT to amend 1992 PA 234, entitled ''An act to establish a judges retirement system; to provide for the administration and maintenance of the retirement system; to create a retirement board; to prescribe the powers and duties of the retirement board; to establish certain reserves for the retirement system; to establish certain funds; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments and certain state and local officials and employees; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,'' by amending section 217 (MCL 38.2217), as amended by 1996 PA 525.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 217. (1) A court fee fund is created in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall deposit into the court fee fund all money received from the executive secretary pursuant to section 304(4). The state treasurer shall transmit the money in the court fee fund, not exceeding $2,200,000.00 in any fiscal year, to the court equity fund created by section 151b of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.151b. If the court fee fund exceeds $2,200,000.00 in any fiscal year and $2,200,000.00 is transmitted to the court equity fund, an amount may be appropriated from the court fee fund for operational expenses of trial courts. Operational expenses may include the payment of salaries of trial court judges other than judges of the district court. Any money remaining in the court fee fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the court fee fund and shall not revert to the general fund.

(2) This section applies unless the department receives notification from the United States internal revenue service that this section will cause the retirement system to be disqualified for tax purposes under the internal revenue code.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.