Bill Text: MI HB4091 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Courts; funding; mileage reimbursement rate for juror; increase. Amends sec. 1344 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1344). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4090'13

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-24 - Printed Bill Filed 01/24/2013 [HB4091 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4091-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4091

 

January 23, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Kowall and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 1344 (MCL 600.1344), as amended by 2002 PA 739.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1344. (1) A juror shall be reimbursed for his or her

 

traveling expenses at a rate, determined by the county board of

 

commissioners, that is not less than 10 22 cents per mile for

 

traveling from the juror's residence to the place of holding court

 

and returning for each day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at

 

sessions of the court.

 

     (2) A juror also shall be compensated at a rate, determined by

 

the county board of commissioners, as follows:

 

     (a) Until October 1, 2003, not less than $15.00 per day and

 

$7.50 per 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court.

 

     (b) Beginning October 1, 2003, a rate determined as follows:

 

     (a) (i) For the first day or 1/2 day of actual attendance at

 

the court, not less than $25.00 per day and $12.50 per 1/2 day.

 

     (b) (ii) For each subsequent day or 1/2 day of actual

 

attendance at the court, not less than $40.00 per day and $20.00

 

per 1/2 day.

 

     (3) If an action is removed from the circuit court to a lower

 

court, the jury fee shall be paid to the circuit court whether paid

 

before or after removal of the action to the lower court, and the

 

circuit court shall be responsible for payment of the compensation

 

to the juror involved.

 

     (4) A clerk or deputy clerk of the court who fraudulently

 

issues a certificate of attendance of a juror on which the juror

 

receives pay, except as allowed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor,

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or a fine of

 

not more than $500.00, or both.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October

 

1, 2013.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4090(request no.

 

00094'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.