2022 House Bill 5957

Pay courts if imposing building and personnel operations costs is banned

Introduced in the House

March 23, 2022

Introduced by Rep. Sarah Lightner (R-65)

To establish that if a Michigan Supreme Court ruling bars trial courts from imposing or collecting court costs upon conviction, state court administrative office must report to the legislature with an estimate how much each trial court needs to make up the loss, and require the state to appropriate money to do so.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations