MI HB5956

Court shall impose minimum state costs on defendants who enter guilty/nolo contendere pleas or are found guilty at sentencing.

Court may impose fines, authorized costs, legal assistance expenses, assessments, and reimbursement in addition to minimum costs.

Until May 1, 2024, court may impose costs reasonably related to actual trial court operational costs including personnel salaries, court goods/services, and facility maintenance and expenses, without calculating case-specific costs.

Courts must make information available to defendants about imposed fines and costs, and courts must report annually to state court administrative office on number of cases and total amounts of costs imposed and collected.

Defendant cannot be imprisoned for nonpayment of costs unless court determines defendant has resources to pay and has not made good-faith effort to do so.