SB-1369, As Passed House, December 8, 2004                                  

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1369

                                                                             A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled                                             

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"                                           

by amending sections 151d and 151e (MCL 600.151d and 600.151e),             

section 151d as added by 2002 PA 740 and section 151e as added by           

2002 PA 742.                                                                

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 151d.  (1) The juror compensation reimbursement fund is                

2   created in the state treasury.  The money in the fund shall be              

3   used as provided in section 151e.                                           

4       (2) The state treasurer shall credit to the juror                           

5   compensation reimbursement fund deposits of proceeds from the               

6   collection of driver license clearance fees as provided in                  

7   section 321a(11) of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300,                 

8   MCL 257.321a, and deposits of proceeds from the collection of               

9   jury demand fees as provided in sections 2529(1)(c) and 8371(9),            

1   and shall credit all income from investment credited to the fund            

2   by the state treasurer.  The state treasurer may invest money in            

3   the fund in any manner authorized by law for the investment of              

4   state money.  However, an investment shall not interfere with any           

5   apportionment, allocation, or payment of money as required by               

6   section 151e.  The state treasurer shall credit to the fund all             

7   income earned as a result of an investment of money in the fund.            

8   The Except as provided in subsection (3), the unencumbered                

9   balance remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall             

10  remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.                

11  (3) For the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2005 only,               

12  $4,000,000.00 of the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund             

13  at the end of that fiscal year shall be transferred by the state            

14  treasurer to the general fund.

15      Sec. 151e.  (1) The money in the juror compensation                         

16  reimbursement fund shall be distributed each year as provided in            

17  this section.                                                               

18      (2) Each court funding unit shall submit a report                           

19  semiannually to the state court administrator, for each court for           

20  which it is a funding unit, giving the total amount of the                  

21  expense incurred during the fiscal year by that funding unit due            

22  to the increase in the statutory minimum compensation rate for              

23  jurors that took effect October 1, 2003, pursuant to                        

24  section 1344.  If any of the juror compensation payments made by            

25  that court funding unit were in excess of the statutory minimum             

26  amount prescribed in section 1344, the report also shall include            

27  the total amount paid to jurors in excess of that statutory                 

1   minimum.                                                                    

2       (3) Each year, the state court administrator, at the                        

3   direction of the supreme court and upon confirmation by the state           

4   treasurer of the total amount available in the fund, shall                  

5   distribute from the fund the amount prescribed in                           

6   subsection (4).  However, reimbursements under this subsection              

7   are subject to both of the following:                                       

8       (a)  The For fiscal years beginning after September 30,                    

9   2004, the state court administrator shall be reimbursed                     

10  semiannually from the fund for reasonable costs associated with             

11  the administration of this section, not to exceed  either of the            

12  following:                                                                  

13                                                                               (i) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2003, an annual                        

14  total of $100,000.00.                                                       

15      (ii) For fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2004,  an                

16  annual total of $40,000.00.                                                 

17      (b) If the amount available in the fund in any fiscal year is               

18  more than the amount needed to pay the entire reimbursement                 

19  required for all court funding units under subsection (4),                  

20  subject to section 151d(3) for the fiscal year ending September             

21  30, 2005, the unencumbered balance shall be carried forward to              

22  the next fiscal year and shall not revert to the general fund.              

23      (4) Each court funding unit is entitled to receive                          

24  reimbursement from the fund for the expense amount reported under           

25  subsection (2) for the preceding 6 months, excluding any juror              

26  compensation in excess of the statutory minimum.                            

27      (5) Payments from the fund shall be made every 6 months.                    

1   Reimbursement for each 6-month period beginning with the quarter            

2   that ends March 31, 2004 shall be made from the fund not later              

3   than 2 months after the end of the 6-month period.                          

4       (6) In addition to the amounts to be paid out under                         

5   subsection (5) for the 6-month period ending March 31, 2004 and             

6   for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2004, the state court           

7   administrator shall pay an additional sum equal to 14% of the               

8   payment due under subsection (5) to each court funding unit.                

9   These 2 extra payments are intended to offset expenses incurred             

10  by court funding units for costs in adapting to the changes in              

11  the statutory minimum rate for juror compensation as implemented            

12  by  the 2002 amendatory act that amended section 1344 2002 PA              

13  739.                                                                        

14      (7) As used in this section, "court funding unit" means 1 of                

15  the following, as applicable:                                               

16      (a) For circuit or probate court, the county.                               

17      (b) For district court, the district funding unit as that                   

18  term is defined in section 8104.                                            

19      (c) For a municipal court, the city in which the municipal                  

20  court is located.