HB-4771, As Passed Senate, June 23, 2004                                    

SENATE 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 2003 PA              

178.                                                                        

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 2950m is                 

5   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 $150.00.  The clerk at the             

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

10  this subdivision within the month $31.00 to the county treasurer            

1   and the balance of the filing fee to the state treasurer for                

2   deposit in the civil filing fee fund created in section 171.                

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

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

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

6   of $150.00.  For each fee collected under this subdivision, the             

7   clerk shall transmit $31.00 to the county treasurer and the                 

8   balance of the fee to the state treasurer for deposit in the                

9   civil filing fee fund created in section 171.                               

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17  the juror compensation reimbursement fund created in section                

18  151d.                                                                       

19      (d) Before entry of a final judgment or order in an action                  

20  for divorce or separate maintenance  in which  minor children              

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

22  dispute submitted to the circuit court as an original action,

23  the custody, support, or parenting time of minor children is                

24  determined or modified, the party submitting the judgment or                

25  order shall pay 1 of the following  sums fees, which shall be              

26  deposited by the county treasurer as provided in section 2530:              

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

1   submitted to domestic relations mediation or investigation by the           

2   friend of the court, $30.00.                                                

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

4   submitted to domestic relations mediation, $50.00.                          

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

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

7   made a recommendation to the court, $70.00.

8   (i) In an action in which the custody or parenting time of                          

9   minor children is determined, $80.00.                                       

10      (ii) In an action in which the support of minor children is                  

11  determined or modified, $40.00.  This fee does not apply when a             

12  fee is paid under subparagraph (i).  The court may order a party            

13  to reimburse to the other party all or a portion of the fee paid            

14  by that other party.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24  order under sections 2950h to 2950m.  A motion fee shall not be             

25  collected for a request for a hearing to contest income                     

26  withholding under section 7 of the support and parenting time               

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

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

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

3   section 151a.                                                               

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

5   not specifically provided for in this section relative to the               

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

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

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

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

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

11  charged.                                                                    

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

13  the sum of $25.00.                                                          

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

15  garnishment, attachment, execution, or judgment debtor discovery            

16  subpoena issued.                                                            

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

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

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

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

21  are taxable as costs.                                                       

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

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

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

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

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

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

1   balance of the fee collected under subsection (1)(d)(i) shall be            

2   paid to the county treasurer and deposited by the county                    

3   treasurer as provided under section 2530 to be used to fund                 

4   services that are not title IV-D services.  The balance of the              

5   fee collected under subsection (1)(d)(ii) shall be paid to the               

6   county treasurer and deposited by the county treasurer as                   

7   provided under section 2530.

8   (5)  (4)  The court shall order any of the fees prescribed in               

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

10  showing by affidavit of indigency or inability to pay.                      

11  (6) If the person filing an action under subsection (1)(d) is               

12  a public officer acting in his or her official capacity, if the             

13  order is submitted with the initial filing as a consent order, or           

14  other good cause is shown, the court shall order the fee under              

15  subsection (1)(d) waived or suspended.  If a fee is waived or               

16  suspended and the action is contested, the court may require that           

17  1 or more of the parties to the action pay the fee under                    

18  subsection (1)(d).

19      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act shall take effect                  

20  October 1, 2004.