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MI SB1114
Bill
Status
10/22/2014
Primary Sponsor
Bertram Johnson
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AI Summary
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Allows courts to order convicted persons to reimburse the state or local government for emergency response and prosecution expenses related to specific offenses including DUI, impaired driving causing death/injury, and violations of protection orders.
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Reimbursable expenses include salaries and overtime of law enforcement, fire department, emergency medical service personnel, medical supplies, prosecution costs, and extradition costs from other states.
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Requires courts to determine that a defendant willfully failed to pay and had the ability to pay without substantial financial hardship before imposing imprisonment for failure to pay fines, costs, fees, or assessments.
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Specifies that reimbursement orders must be a condition of probation or parole if applicable, and can be enforced by prosecutors or government entities as a civil judgment, but imprisonment for nonpayment is prohibited unless the court makes the required ability-to-pay determination.
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Takes effect only if Senate Bills 1113 and 1115 of the 97th Legislature are also enacted into law.
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure; other; costs; require court to determine whether defendant had the ability to pay before incarcerating for failure to pay. Amends sec. 1f, ch. IX of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 769.1f) & adds sec. 1o to ch. IX. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1113'14, SB 1115'14
Criminal procedure, other
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Judiciary
10/22/2014