SENATE BILL No. 1045

September 6, 2016, Introduced by Senator JONES and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

by amending section 1987 (MCL 600.1987), as added by 2015 PA 231.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 1987. (1) Except for an automated payment service fee

collected under section 1986(5), and except as provided in

subsection (2), the electronic filing system fee authorized under

this chapter is the only fee that may be charged to or collected in

a civil action specifically for electronic filing.

(2) If, pursuant to a supreme court order, a court or court

funding unit is collecting a fee for electronic filing other than

the electronic filing system fee on September 30, 2015, the court

or court funding unit may continue to collect $2.50 for filing or

service or $5.00 for filing and service, in addition to the