Introduced
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To create a state judicial technology improvement fund to which various court fees and assessments would be deposited, and provide a formula for the distribution of the revenue to support technology improvements in Michigan courts. This bill is part of a legislative package which would fix the amount of various court fees and make them mandatory, removing the discretion of judges to waive fees in certain cases.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With ammendment.
Amendment offered
To prohibit using money from the proposed judicial technology improvement fund to develop, operate, or maintain the "cyber court system" proposed for cases involving technology and high-tech businesses, where the cases would be tried via computer rather than in a physical courtroom.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
To create a state judicial technology improvement fund to which various court fees and assessments would be deposited, and provide a formula for the distribution of the revenue to support technology improvements in Michigan courts. This bill is part of a legislative package which would fix the amount of various court fees and make them mandatory, removing the discretion of judges to waive fees in certain cases.
