Michigan Laws 800.455 – Implementing jurisdictional duties in probate court; reimbursement of costs; quarterly submission of itemized costs; determination of reasonableness; payment
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(1) The state shall reimburse each county in which a state correctional facility is located for the reasonable and actual costs of the following expenses incurred by that county for implementing jurisdictional duties in the probate court imposed upon that county by chapter 10 of the mental health code, Act No. 258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.2001 to 330.2050 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, with respect to proceedings for the transfer of an allegedly mentally ill prisoner who is confined in a state correctional facility in that county, to the center for forensic psychiatry program for treatment, or with respect to proceedings for the treatment of an allegedly mentally ill prisoner within a state correctional facility:
(a) The expense of legal counsel appointed to represent an indigent prisoner in the proceeding.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 800.455
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Probate: Proving a will
- 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.
- Voir dire: The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."
(b) Compensation paid to each juror who is either summoned for voir dire or impaneled on a jury, if a jury trial is demanded in the proceeding.
(c) Compensation paid to each witness subpoenaed to the proceeding by the prisoner.
(d) The expense of the preparation of a transcript of the proceeding.
(2) Each county shall submit quarterly its itemized costs as described in subsection (1) to the chief probate judge of the county. After determination by the chief probate judge 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 chief probate judge shall be conclusive.