SB-1252, As Passed Senate, September 14, 2004                               

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1252

                                                                             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 are entitled to demand and receive per page for a                

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

4   page and 30 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 are entitled to receive from              

7   the county the same compensation.  The supreme court, by                    

8   administrative order or court rule, may authorize the payment to            

9   circuit court reporters or recorders the sum of $3.00 per                   

10  original page and 50 cents per page for each copy for transcripts           

1   ordered and timely filed as part of a program of differentiated             

2   case management for appeals of civil cases in which the circuit             

3   court either grants or denies summary disposition.  If a                    

4   transcript ordered under a program of differentiated case                   

5   management is not timely filed, the circuit court reporter or               

6   recorder is not entitled to receive the increased rate for that             

7   transcript.

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             

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

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

13  court.