Bill Text: MI SB0699 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Courts; probate court; fee charged by probate judge to perform marriages; authorize, and require fee to be paid to probate court in county where ceremony is performed. Amends sec. 874 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.874). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0698'11

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Assigned Pa 0266'12 With Immediate Effect [SB0699 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0699-Engrossed.html

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SB-0699, As Passed Senate, January 26, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 699

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 874 (MCL 600.874).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 874. (1) The probate court shall charge and collect the

 

following fees:

 

     (a) For performing a marriage ceremony, $10.00.

 

     (b) For issuance of a commission to take testimony, $7.00.

 

     (c) For taking, certifying, sealing, and forwarding

 

depositions, $5.00, and 10 cents per folio page, which fees shall

 

be considered as costs in the case; and for each copy of the

 

deposition furnished, 3 cents per folio page.

 

     (2) A probate judge may waive the fee for performing a

 

marriage ceremony if the parties thereto to the marriage are

 

indigent.

 

     (3) A fee paid under subsection (1)(a) shall be remitted to

 

the probate court for the county in which the probate judge

 

performing the marriage serves.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 698 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.