An act to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 4803 (MCL 600.4803), as amended by 1996 PA 374.
House Bill 4636 amends the Revised Judicature Act, which requires a person to pay a late penalty if they fail to pay in full a penalty, fee, or costs ordered by a court within 56 days after that amount is due. The bill provides that this late penalty does not apply to a juvenile or to a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile within the jurisdiction of the court under section 2 of the juvenile code.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice
Reported with substitute H-1
Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote
Substitute H-2 offered
by
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 58 to 52 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 25 to 10 (details)
