October 28, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Kesto and Heise and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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
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) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5029 (request no.
02253'15).
(e) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5030 (request no.
02254'15).