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MI SB1469
Bill
AI Summary
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Changes allocation priority for criminal defendants and juveniles subject to victim payments and other fines, costs, or assessments by increasing victim restitution from 50% to 100% of collected payments.
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Requires 100% of collected payments to be applied first to victim payments before any funds are allocated to fines, costs, supervision fees, or other assessments.
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Applies the same 100% victim payment priority to wage assignments and payments received from the department of corrections, sheriff, or other agencies.
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Establishes a cascading payment order: after victim payments are satisfied, remaining funds go toward state minimum costs, other costs, fines, supervision fees, and finally assessments or third-party reimbursements.
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Takes effect only if Senate Bills 1470 and 1471 from the 95th Legislature are also enacted into law.
Legislative Description
Crime victims; restitution; restitution payments; amend priority of allocation to victim compensation. Amends secs. 16a, 44a & 76a of 1985 PA 87 (MCL 780.766a et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1470'10, SB 1471'10
Crime victims, restitution
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Judiciary
8/24/2010