Bill Text: MI HB4561 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts; juries; juror compensation; increase. Amends sec. 1344 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1344).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-09-13 - Referred To Second Reading [HB4561 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4561-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4561
May 7, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Lucido, Yanez and Howrylak 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 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 and until December 31, 2015, a
rate determined as follows:
(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.
(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.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2016, the following rate, as
applicable:
(i) For the first day of actual attendance at the court,
$30.00.
(ii) For the first 1/2 day of actual attendance at the court,
$15.00.
(iii) For each subsequent day of actual attendance at the
court, $45.00.
(iv) For each subsequent 1/2 day of actual attendance at the
court, $25.00.
(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 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
