Volume 7 Issue 46

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Rule Making Authority: Newly Introduced

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Missouri SB 489 (2014) Provides that a Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Court judge who is appointed shall be disqualified from hearing a case when an attorney or a party to the case being heard served on the Appellate or one of the Circuit Judicial Commissions that nominated the judge. Prefiled.

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Michigan HB 4694 AS AMENDED BY SENATE: Authorizes circuit and district courts to adopt or institute a mental health court. Authorizes the family division of circuit court (family court) to adopt or institute a juvenile mental health court. Allows a mental health court to accept participants from other Michigan jurisdictions under certain circumstances. Establishes requirements for admission to a mental health court and require each mental health court to determine a person's eligibility. Approved with Senate amendment by full Senate 12/11/13.

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Michigan HB 4064 AS AMENDED BY SENATE: Delete numerous provisions pertaining to judicial records. Requires the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) to establish and maintain record management policies and procedures for the courts, including a records retention and disposal schedule. Requires the records retention and disposal schedule to be developed in accordance with Supreme Court rules, and developed and maintained according to the Michigan Historical Commission law. Allows a court to dispose of a record as prescribed above, subject to the Records Retention Act. Provides that a record, regardless of its medium, could not be disposed of unless it had been in the court's custody for the established retention period. Defines "record" as information of any kind that is recorded in any manner and that has been created by a court or filed with a court in accordance with Supreme Court rules. Approved with Senate amendment by full Senate 12/5/13.

Michigan HB 4532 AS AMENDED BY SENATE: Requires all writs, process, proceedings, and records in any court to be made out in the manner and on any medium authorized by Supreme Court rules. Allows an electronic signature on any document filed with or created by a court, subject to Supreme Court rules. Places responsibility with a probate court clerk for probate court record retention. Require probates courts to keep testimony index and notes as prescribed by Supreme Court rules. Approved as amended by full Senate 12/5/13.

Ohio HB 261 Abolishes the office of the Court of Claims commissioner. Transfers the functions with regards to awards of reparations from the Court of Claims commissioners or a single judge of the Court of Claims to the Court. Authorizes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint magistrates (rather than referees) in civil actions in the Court of Claims and authorizes a magistrate to disclose or refer to certain records or reports otherwise exempt from public disclosure in reparations hearings. Changes the basis of the per diem compensation of a retired judge who serves on the Court of Claims from the annual compensation of a court of appeals judge to the annual compensation of a court of common pleas judge. Eliminates the requirements and procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a judge of municipal or county court and instead includes the disqualification of a judge of a municipal or county court or a judge of the Court of Claims within the requirements and procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a judge of the court of common pleas, a probate judge, or a judge of the court of appeals. Approved as amended by House Judiciary Committee 12/5/13.

Ohio SB 219 Abolishes the office of the Court of Claims commissioner. Transfers the functions with regards to awards of reparations from the Court of Claims commissioners or a single judge of the Court of Claims to the Court. Authorizes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint magistrates (rather than referees) in civil actions in the Court of Claims and authorizes a magistrate to disclose or refer to certain records or reports otherwise exempt from public disclosure in reparations hearings. Changes the basis of the per diem compensation of a retired judge who serves on the Court of Claims from the annual compensation of a court of appeals judge to the annual compensation of a court of common pleas judge. Eliminates the requirements and procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a judge of municipal or county court and instead includes the disqualification of a judge of a municipal or county court or a judge of the Court of Claims within the requirements and procedure for filing an affidavit of disqualification for a judge of the court of common pleas, a probate judge, or a judge of the court of appeals. Approved as amended by Senate Civil Justice Committee 12/4/13