HB-4575, As Passed Senate, June 22, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4575

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 2534 (MCL 600.2534), as amended by 2006 PA 506.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2534. (1) For publishing a legal notice or an order,

 

citation, summons, advertisement, or other matter arising out of

 

judicial proceedings required by law to be published in a

 

newspaper, except as provided in subsection (2), the cost shall

 

must not exceed the rate of $20.50 per folio for the first

 

insertion, publication and $8.45 per folio for each subsequent

 

insertion. publication. A minimum cost of $59.00 shall be is

 

allowed for a notice which that must appear be published 2 times or

 

more, and a minimum cost of $44.00 shall be is allowed for a notice

 


which that must appear be published 1 time.

 

     (2) Each year for 5 years beginning March 1, 2008, For

 

publications after the effective date of the 2017 public act that

 

amended this section, the department of treasury shall adjust the

 

rates described in subsection (1) shall be adjusted to reflect the

 

percentage increase in the United States consumer price index from

 

March 1, 2008 to June 1, 2017 and, annually each year from March 1,

 

2018 to March 1, 2025, shall further adjust the rates by the

 

percentage increase in the United States consumer price index for

 

the immediately preceding calendar year. and the The result of an

 

adjustment under this subsection must be rounded to the nearest

 

multiple of 5 cents.

 

     (3) A newspaper publishing for the state that publishes an

 

advertisement for this state other than a tax lists shall be

 

permitted to list may charge for the advertisement its regular

 

established commercial rate in effect at the time the advertisement

 

is published.

 

     (4) A newspaper accepting that accepts for publication a legal

 

or public notice as provided by law shall not charge higher rates

 

or collect higher rates for political notices or political

 

advertising than they charge it charges for commercial advertising

 

of the same or similar size.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.