(1) The state shall reimburse each county in which a state correctional facility is located for the reasonable and actual costs incurred by the county for juror‘s fees, witness fees, fees of attorneys appointed by the court for the defendant, transcript fees, and for a proportion of the fees for the office of the prosecuting attorney as determined under subsection (3), in cases of new felony offenses committed by inmates of state correctional facilities during a period of state incarceration, new felonies committed during escape and cases of escape from custody as prescribed in section 65a(3) of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 791.265 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
  (2) Each county shall submit monthly its itemized costs as described in this section to the state agency designated in subsection (3). After determination by the state agency designated in subsection (3) of the reasonableness of the amount to be paid, payment shall be made in accordance with the accounting laws of the state. The determination of reasonableness by the state agency designated in subsection (3) shall be conclusive.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 800.452

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • state correctional facility: means a facility or institution which houses an inmate population under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections. See Michigan Laws 800.451
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  (3) The state agency responsible for the duties prescribed in subsections (2) and (4) shall be as follows:
  (a) Before October 1, 1988, the department of corrections.
  (b) On and after October 1, 1988, the department of management and budget.
  (4) The amount of reimbursement for the fees of the prosecuting attorney under subsection (1) for any case, subject to the determination of reasonableness by the state agency designated in subsection (3), shall be based upon the actual time spent in prosecuting the case, and shall be calculated at a rate equal to 70% of the hourly rate or flat fee paid to court-appointed defense attorneys in the county. However, the reimbursement for a single case shall not exceed $1,000.00 unless the case is either of the following:
  (a) A felony offense for which the maximum punishment is life imprisonment, in which case the reimbursement shall not exceed $10,000.00.
  (b) A case that involves 12 or more hours of actual trial time, in which case the reimbursement shall not exceed $10,000.00. As used in this subdivision, “actual trial time” means the trial hours recorded on the court record beginning when juror selection begins and ending when the jury begins deliberation in the case. If there is no jury in the case, actual trial time means the trial hours recorded on the court record.
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