HB-5028, As Passed House, December 15, 2015HB-5028, As Passed Senate, December 15, 2015

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5028

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding chapter 19A.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

CHAPTER 19A

ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO COURTS

     Sec. 1985. As used in this chapter:

     (a) "Authorized court" means a court accepted by the state

court administrative office under section 1991 for access to the

electronic filing system.

     (b) "Automated payment" means an electronic payment method

authorized by the state court administrative office at the

direction of the supreme court, including, but not limited to,

payments made with credit and debit cards.

     (c) "Civil action" means an action that is not a criminal

case, a civil infraction action, a proceeding commenced in the

probate court under section 3982 of the estates and protected

individuals code, 1988 PA 386, MCL 700.3982, or a proceeding

involving a juvenile under chapter XIIA of the probate code of

1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32.

     (d) "Clerk" means the clerk of the court referenced in the

rules of the supreme court and includes the clerk of the supreme

court, chief clerk of the court of appeals, county clerk, probate

register, district court clerk, or clerk of the court of claims

where the civil action is commenced, as applicable.

     (e) "Court funding unit" means 1 of the following, as

applicable:

     (i) For circuit or probate court, the county.

     (ii) For district court, the district funding unit as that

term is defined in section 8104.

     (iii) For the supreme court, court of appeals, or court of

claims, the state.

     (f) "Electronic filing system" means a system authorized after

the effective date of the amendatory act that added this chapter by

the supreme court for the electronic filing of documents using a

portal contracted for by the state court administrative office for

the filing of documents in the supreme court, court of appeals,

circuit court, probate court, district court, and court of claims.

     (g) "Electronic filing system fee" means the fee described in

section 1986.

     (h) "Party" means the person or entity commencing a civil

action.

     (i) "Qualified vendor" means a private vendor selected by the

state court administrative office by a competitive bidding process

to effectuate the purpose of section 1991(3).

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

1, 2016.

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are

enacted into law:

     (a) Senate Bill No. 531.

     (b) Senate Bill No. 532.

     (c) Senate Bill No. 533.

     (d) House Bill No. 5029.

     (e) House Bill No. 5030.