The office of the appellate defender shall be funded in the following manner:
  (a) The legislature may annually appropriate funds necessary to insure the continued operation of the appellate defender commission and the office of the appellate defender.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 780.718

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  (b) The appellate defender commission may receive grants from the federal government, from private or public foundations, or from any person whether individual or corporate.
  (c) The cost of any transcript shall be borne by the county.