Act No. 84

Public Acts of 2000

Approved by the Governor

May 1, 2000

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 1, 2000

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2000

STATE OF MICHIGAN

90TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

Introduced by Reps. Baird, Faunce, Shulman, Wojno, Richner, Kowall, Law and Scranton

Reps. Basham, Birkholz, Bishop, Bogardus, Bovin, Brewer, Cameron Brown, Callahan, Cassis, Clarke, DeHart, Dennis, Ehardt, Gilbert, Hager, Hansen, Hardman, Howell, Jacobs, Jamnick, Jelinek, Jellema, Julian, LaSata, Lemmons, Lockwood, Mead, Middaugh, Mortimer, O'Neil, Pappageorge, Patterson, Quarles, Richardville, Rocca, Sanborn, Scott, Shackleton, Spade, Stallworth, VanWoerkom, Vander Roest, Vaughn and Woodward named co-sponsors

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4715

AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 389, entitled "An act to provide for the prevention and treatment of domestic violence; to develop and establish policies, procedures, and standards for providing domestic violence assistance programs and services; to create a domestic violence prevention and treatment board and prescribe its powers and duties; to establish a domestic violence prevention and treatment fund and provide for its use; and to prescribe powers and duties of the department of social services," by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 400.1501).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

TITLE

An act to provide for the prevention and treatment of domestic violence; to develop and establish policies, procedures, and standards for providing domestic violence assistance programs and services; to create a domestic violence prevention and treatment board and prescribe its powers and duties; to establish a domestic violence prevention and treatment fund and provide for its use; and to prescribe powers and duties of the family independence agency.

Sec. 1. As used in this act:

(a) "Board" means the domestic violence prevention and treatment board created in section 2.

(b) "Dating relationship" means frequent, intimate associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affectional involvement. Dating relationship does not include a casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization between 2 individuals in a business or social context.

(c) "Department" means the family independence agency.

(d) "Domestic violence" means the occurrence of any of the following acts by a person that is not an act of self-defense:

(i) Causing or attempting to cause physical or mental harm to a family or household member.

(ii) Placing a family or household member in fear of physical or mental harm.

(iii) Causing or attempting to cause a family or household member to engage in involuntary sexual activity by force, threat of force, or duress.

(iv) Engaging in activity toward a family or household member that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed, or molested.

(e) "Family or household member" includes any of the following:

(i) A spouse or former spouse.

(ii) An individual with whom the person resides or has resided.

(iii) An individual with whom the person has or has had a dating relationship.

(iv) An individual with whom the person is or has engaged in a sexual relationship.

(v) An individual to whom the person is related or was formerly related by marriage.

(vi) An individual with whom the person has a child in common.

(vii) The minor child of an individual described in subparagraphs (i) to (vi).

(f) "Fund" means the domestic violence prevention and treatment fund created in section 5.

(g) "Prime sponsor" means a county, city, village, or township of this state, or a combination thereof, or a private, nonprofit association or organization.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect July 1, 2000.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.