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MI SB0842
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Michigan's sentencing guidelines (MCL 777.16o) to modify penalties for food stamp fraud offenses under MCL 750.300a.
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Reduces the threshold for food stamp fraud from $250 to $100 for the first category, changing the statutory maximum from 5 years to 5 years imprisonment.
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Increases penalties for food stamp fraud of $100 or less on third or subsequent offense from Class G (10-year max) to Class B (20-year max).
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Increases penalties for food stamp fraud over $100 to $5,000 from Class E to Class B (20-year max) and for subsequent offenses from 10 years to 20 years.
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Changes food stamp fraud of $5,000 or more from Class E (10-year max) to Class B (20-year max).
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Conditional enactment: This bill takes effect only if Senate Bill No. 841 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of food stamp fraud; revise to reflect increased penalties. Amends sec. 16o, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16o). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0841'14
Criminal procedure, sentencing guidelines
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Criminal Justice
11/13/2014