September 30, 2015, Introduced by Senators PROOS, JONES, SCHUITMAKER, MARLEAU and STAMAS 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 section 176.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 176. (1) The judicial electronic filing fund is created
in the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used as
provided in this section.
(2) The state treasurer shall credit to the judicial
electronic filing fund deposits of proceeds from the collection of
revenue from court fees as provided in this act and shall credit
all income from investment credited to the fund by the state
treasurer. The state treasurer may invest money in the fund in any
manner authorized by law for the investment of state money.
However, an investment shall not interfere with any apportionment,
allocation, or payment of money as required by this section. The
state treasurer shall credit to the fund all income earned as a
result of an investment of money in the fund. Except as provided in
subsection (3), the unencumbered balance remaining in the fund at
the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not
revert to the general fund.
(3) The state court administrative office shall administer the
judicial electronic filing fund created under subsection (1). Money
from the fund shall be expended to support the implementation,
operation, and maintenance of a statewide electronic filing system
and supporting technology as provided in this section and chapter
19A. Using a competitive bidding process, the supreme court and the
state court administrative office may develop a statewide
electronic filing system to facilitate statewide electronic filing
of court documents.
(4) The state court administrative office shall be reimbursed
annually from the judicial electronic filing fund for all
reasonable costs associated with the administration of this
section, including judicial and staff training, on-site management
assistance, and software development and conversion.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January
1, 2016.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 531
of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.