MI SB1115

Requires courts to determine a defendant's ability to pay before imposing fines, costs, fees, or assessments at sentencing or when judgment is deferred or sentencing is delayed.

Courts must consider eight factors when assessing ability to pay: income, public assistance eligibility, property ownership, outstanding obligations, living expenses, number and ages of dependents, employment and job training history, and education level.

Establishes rebuttable presumptions of substantial financial hardship if defendant receives public assistance, lives in public housing, earns less than 140% of federal poverty guideline, or is incarcerated or in residential treatment.

Courts shall order payment in installments over time that will not cause substantial financial hardship to defendant or dependents, though one-time payments are permitted if they cause no hardship.

Exempts from these requirements victim restitution, crime victim's rights assessments, minimum state costs, supervision fees, substance abuse screening costs, and disease testing costs.