HB-4750, As Passed House, June 18, 2003

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4750

                                                                             A bill to amend 1988 PA 260, entitled                                             

"Community dispute resolution act,"                                         

by amending section 10 (MCL 691.1560), as amended by 1993 PA                

286.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 10.  (1) Grant recipients shall be selected from                       

2   applications submitted to the state court administrator.  The               

3   grant applications submitted for funding shall include all of the           

4   following:                                                                  

5       (a) The budget for the proposed center including the proposed               

6   compensation and qualifications of the employees.                           

7       (b) A description of the proposed geographical area of                      

8   service and an estimate of the number of participants to be                 

9   served.                                                                     

10      (c) A description of current dispute resolution services, if                

1   any, available within the proposed geographical area.                       

2       (d) A narrative of the applicant's proposed program that                    

3   includes the support of civic groups, social services agencies,             

4   local courts, and criminal justice agencies to accept and make              

5   referrals; the present availability of resources; and the                   

6   applicant's administrative capacity.                                        

7       (e) A description of the fee structure, if any, that will be                

8   applied to participants seeking dispute resolution.                         

9       (f) Such additional information as is determined to be needed               

10  by the state court administrator.                                           

11      (2) If 1 or more applicants meet the eligibility requirements               

12  of section 9 and guidelines established under section 9, the                

13  state court administrator shall award a grant or grants  totaling           

14  an amount at least equal to the pro rata share of available                 

15  grants funds generated by court filing fees imposed in that                 

16  county in the year preceding the year for which the applications            

17  are made. from money distributed to the fund from the civil                

18  filing fee fund.  Grants shall be allocated as follows:                     

19      (a) 65% of the money received from the civil filing fee fund                

20  shall be made available for disbursement on the basis of the                

21  annual civil court filings reported by courts.  An eligible                 

22  applicant shall receive a pro rata share of the available grant             

23  funds on the basis of the annual civil court filings reported by            

24  courts located in the counties serviced by the applicant.                   

25  (b) 35% of the money received from the civil filing fee fund                

26  and any money in the fund derived from other sources shall be               

27  made available for disbursement on the basis of performance                 

1   measures and threshold funding levels established by the state              

2   court administrative office.                                                

3       (3) Nothing in  this  subsection (2) requires a grant award                 

4   that exceeds the proposed center's approved budget.                         

5   (3) The amount awarded to a grant recipient shall not exceed                

6   65% of the proposed center's approved budget or the amount                  

7   required by subsection (2), whichever is higher.

8   (4) Each grant recipient shall provide a matching amount                    

9   equal to at least 35% of the awarded grant amount.                          

10      (5) As used in this section, "civil filing fee fund" means                  

11  that fund as created in section 171 of the revised judicature act           

12  of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.171.

13      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

14  October 1, 2003.