HOUSE BILL NO. 5098

June 23, 2021, Introduced by Reps. Reilly and Steven Johnson and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 2013 PA 93, entitled

"Michigan indigent defense commission act,"

(MCL 780.981 to 780.1003) by adding section 19a.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 19a. (1) Each indigent criminal defense system shall publicly share the information in the time and manner required under this section.

(2) The MIDC shall establish and maintain an online system that allows for indigent criminal defense systems to publicly post each payment made to a defense attorney or private law firm for the provision of indigent criminal defense services within that indigent criminal defense system.

(3) The online system created by the MIDC under subsection (2) must meet both of the following requirements:

(a) Be searchable and sortable by county and by payee.

(b) Provide the information required under this section in a manner that is downloadable by members of the public.

(4) Each indigent criminal defense system shall utilize the system created by the MIDC to publicly post the payments described under subsection (2) annually.