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SB 1067

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Luther Cifers and 1 co-sponsor

Permanently adopts CPI-based annual increases for legal-notice publication fees, removing the March 1, 2025 sunset on adjustments.

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Bill Summary · SB 1067

Summary — SB 1067 (Amendment to MCL 600.2534): Legal-notice publication fees; remove sunset on CPI adjustments

Purpose

SB 1067 amends the Revised Judicature Act (MCL 600.2534) to make permanent the requirement that the Michigan Department of Treasury annually adjust statutory newspaper publication fees for legal and judicial notices by changes in the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI). The bill deletes an existing March 1, 2025 sunset that would have ended the annual CPI adjustment.

Key provisions

  • Removes the March 1, 2025 sunset on the CPI-based annual adjustment of statutory newspaper publishing rates for legal notices and judicial publications.
  • Continues the existing methodology: the Department of Treasury must adjust the statutory rates annually by the percentage increase in the U.S. CPI for the preceding calendar year.
  • Adjustment results are rounded to the nearest $0.05.
  • Other existing rules in MCL 600.2534 remain: newspapers may charge regular commercial rates for certain state advertisements (other than tax lists), and newspapers may not charge higher rates for political notices/advertising than for comparable commercial advertising.

Current statutory and CPI‑adjusted amounts (as presented in bill analysis)

  • First publication rate (per 100 words / per folio): statutory $20.50 → adjusted $29.80
  • Subsequent publication (per folio): statutory $8.45 → adjusted $12.35
  • Minimum cost for notice published once: statutory $44.00 → adjusted $63.95
  • Minimum cost for notice published two or more times: statutory $59.00 → adjusted $85.65

(These adjusted amounts reflect prior CPI adjustments; amounts will continue to change annually under the bill.)

Who is affected

  • Newspapers: continue to receive CPI-indexed increases in the maximum statutory rates they may charge for legal and judicial notices.
  • Governments, courts, businesses, and private parties required by law to publish legal notices (e.g., foreclosures, probate notices, summonses): will continue to pay CPI-adjusted rates, which can increase over time with inflation.
  • Individuals and organizations purchasing political advertising: protected from being charged more than comparable commercial rates for political notices published as required by law.

Fiscal and procedural notes

  • Legislative status (as provided): introduced (Feb 3, 2025) and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
  • Fiscal impact: State analysis indicates no fiscal impact on the Department of Treasury because annual CPI adjustments are administrative actions the Department already performs.
  • Practical effect: makes CPI indexing of legal-notice publication fees a permanent statutory requirement, preventing a reversion to fixed 2008/2017 rates after March 1, 2025.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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