HB-4771, As Passed House, July 2, 2003

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4771

                                                                             A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled                                             

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"                                           

by amending section 2529 (MCL 600.2529), as amended by 2002 PA              

605.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 2529.  (1) In the circuit court, the following fees                    

2   shall be paid to the clerk of the court:                                    

3       (a) Before a civil action other than an action brought                      

4   exclusively under section 2950, 2950a, or 2950h to  2950l 2950m

5   is commenced, or before the filing of an application for                    

6   superintending control or for an extraordinary writ, except the             

7   writ of habeas corpus, the party bringing the action or filing              

8   the application shall pay the sum of $100.00.  The clerk at the             

9   end of each month shall transmit for each fee collected under               

10  this subdivision within the month, $18.75 to the executive                  

1   secretary of the Michigan judges retirement system created by the           

2   judges retirement act of 1992, 1992 PA 234, MCL 38.2101 to                  

3   38.2670; $5.00 to the secretary of the Michigan legislative                 

4   retirement system for deposit with the state treasurer in the               

5   retirement fund created by the Michigan legislative retirement              

6   system act, 1957 PA 261, MCL 38.1001 to 38.1080; $5.25 to the               

7   state treasurer for deposit in the general fund; $2.00 to the               

8   state treasurer to be credited to the community dispute                     

9   resolution fund created by the community dispute resolution act,            

10  1988 PA 260, MCL 691.1551 to 691.1564; $11.00 to the county                 

11  treasurer; and the balance of the filing fee to the state                   

12  treasurer for deposit in the state court fund created in section            

13  151a.                                                                       

14      (b) Before the filing of a claim of appeal or motion for                    

15  leave to appeal from the district court, probate court, a                   

16  municipal court, or an administrative tribunal or agency, the sum           

17  of $100.00.  For each fee collected under this subdivision, the             

18  clerk shall transmit $15.00 to the state treasurer for deposit in           

19  the state court fund created in section 151a.                               

20      (c) If a trial by jury is demanded, the party making the                    

21  demand at the time shall pay the sum of $85.00.  Failure to pay             

22  the fee at the time the demand is made constitutes a waiver of              

23  the right to a jury trial.  The sum shall be taxed in favor of              

24  the party paying the fee, in case the party recovers a judgment             

25  for costs.  For each fee collected under this subdivision, the              

26  clerk shall transmit $25.00 to the state treasurer for deposit in           

27  the juror compensation reimbursement fund created in section                

1   151d.                                                                       

2       (d) Before entry of a final judgment in an action  for                      

3   divorce or separate maintenance  in which  minor children are               

4   involved, or the entry of a final judgment in a child custody               

5   dispute submitted to the circuit court as an original action the           

6   custody, support, or parenting time of minor children is                    

7   determined, 1 of the following sums:  , which shall be deposited            

8   by the county treasurer as provided in section 2530:

9                                                                                (i) If the matter was contested or uncontested and was not                          

10  submitted to domestic relations mediation or investigation by the           

11  friend of the court,  $30.00 $40.00.                                       

12      (ii) If the matter was contested or uncontested and was                      

13  submitted to domestic relations mediation,  $50.00 $60.00.                 

14      (iii) If the matter was contested or uncontested and the                     

15  office of the friend of the court conducted an investigation and            

16  made a recommendation to the court,  $70.00 $80.00.                        

17      (e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon the                  

18  filing of a motion the sum of $20.00.  In conjunction with an               

19  action brought under section 2950 or 2950a, a motion fee shall              

20  not be collected for a motion to dismiss the petition, a motion             

21  to modify, rescind, or terminate a personal protection order, or            

22  a motion to show cause for a violation of a personal protection             

23  order.  A motion fee shall not be collected for a motion to                 

24  dismiss a proceeding to enforce a foreign protection order or a             

25  motion to show cause for a violation of a foreign protection                

26  order under sections 2950h to  2950l. 2950m.  A motion fee shall           

27  not be collected for a request for a hearing to contest income              

1   withholding under section 7 of the support and parenting time               

2   enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.607. For each fee collected           

3   under this subdivision, the clerk shall transmit $10.00 to the              

4   state treasurer for deposit in the state court fund created by              

5   section 151a.                                                               

6       (f) For services under the direction of the court that are                  

7   not specifically provided for in this section relative to the               

8   receipt, safekeeping, or expending of money, or the purchasing,             

9   taking, or transferring of a security, or the collecting of                 

10  interest on a security, the clerk shall receive the allowance and           

11  compensation from the parties as the court may consider just and            

12  shall direct by court order, after notice to the parties to be              

13  charged.                                                                    

14      (g) Upon appeal to the court of appeals or the supreme court,               

15  the sum of $25.00.                                                          

16      (h) The sum of $15.00 as a service fee for each writ of                     

17  garnishment, attachment, execution, or judgment debtor discovery            

18  subpoena issued.                                                            

19      (2) The sums paid as provided in this section shall be held                 

20  to be in full for all clerk, entry, and judgment fees in an                 

21  action from the commencement of the action to and including the             

22  issuance and return of the execution or other final process, and            

23  are taxable as costs.                                                       

24      (3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fees                  

25  shall be paid over to the county treasurer as required by law.              

26  (4) At the end of each month, the clerk shall transmit for                  

27  each fee collected under subsection (1)(d) $10.00 to the state              

House Bill No. 4771 (H-1) as amended July 2, 2003

1   treasurer for deposit in the fund created by section 6a of the              

2   office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.236a.  The                

3   balance of the fee shall be paid to the county treasurer and                

4   deposited by the county treasurer as provided under section 2530.

5   (5)  (4)  The court shall order any of the fees prescribed in               

6   this section waived or suspended, in whole or in part, upon a               

7   showing by affidavit of indigency or inability to pay or that the           

8   person filing the action is a public officer acting in his or her           

9   official capacity.  If a fee is waived or suspended, the court              

10  may require by order in the final judgment that 1 or more parties           

11  to the case pay the fee.                                                    

12  (6)  (5)  The clerk of the circuit court shall prepare and                  

13  submit a court filing fee report to the executive secretary of              

14  the Michigan judges retirement system created by the judges                 

15  retirement act of 1992, 1992 PA 234, MCL 38.2101 to 38.2670, at             

16  the same time the clerk of the circuit court transmits the                  

17  portion of the fees collected under this section to the executive           

18   secretary.

[Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4770 of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into law.]