SB-1252, As Passed Senate, July 6, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1252

 

 

May 20, 2004, Introduced by Senators SWITALSKI, CROPSEY, BERNERO, PRUSI, SCHAUER, BRATER, JACOBS and GARCIA and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 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 for each copy for transcripts ordered            

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   management for appeals of civil cases in which circuit courts               

                                                                                

3   either grant or deny summary disposition.  If a transcript                  

                                                                                

4   ordered under a program of differentiated case management is not            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6   entitled to receive the increased rate for that transcript.                 

                                                                                

7       (2) Only if the transcript is desired for the purpose of                    

                                                                                

8   moving for a new trial or preparing a record for appeal shall the           

                                                                                

9   amount of reporters' or recorders' fees paid for the transcript             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  court.