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MI HB4173

Bill

Status

Passed

6/23/2022

Primary Sponsor

Kara Hope

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Authorizes county boards of commissioners to offer and pay rewards from the county general fund for arrests and convictions of persons who committed crimes within the county or escaped from penal institutions within the county.

  • Permits county finance committees to exercise reward authority when the full board of commissioners is not in session, upon request by the county sheriff or prosecuting attorney.

  • Amends MCL 776.19 to clarify that rewards may be offered for information leading to arrest and conviction, not just for arrest and conviction alone.

  • Effective date: September 22, 2022 (90 days after enactment on June 24, 2022).

Legislative Description

Criminal procedure: other; authority of counties to offer reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction; increase maximum reward. Amends sec. 19, ch. XVI of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 776.19).

Criminal procedure: arrests

Last Action

Assigned Pa 114'22 With Immediate Effect

6/23/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Public Safety3/1/2022
Judiciary2/9/2021

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