HOUSE BILL No. 6037


     May 8, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Bradstreet and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.


        A bill to amend 1962 PA 60, entitled

   "An act to provide for the day parole of prisoners in county
   jails to permit them to be gainfully employed outside the jail or
   pursue other activities; to provide for the granting of reduc-
   tions in terms of imprisonment and the regulation thereof; and to
   provide for the disposition of earnings from such employment,"

   by amending sections 2, 3, 4, and 6 (MCL 801.252, 801.253,

   801.254, and 801.256).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 2.  The sheriff, or  friend of the  court FAMILY SERV-

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        ICES ADMINISTRATOR in alimony or nonsupport cases, shall collect

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        the wages or salary of an employed prisoner, or require  him  THE

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        PRISONER to turn over his OR HER wages or salary in full when

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        received.  The officer shall deposit the  same  WAGES OR SALARY

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        in a trust checking account and keep a ledger showing the status

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        of the account of each prisoner.  The wages or salary are not




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        subject to garnishment in the hands of the employer or the

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        officer during the prisoner's term.

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             Sec. 3.  (1) A gainfully employed prisoner is liable for the

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        cost of his  board  OR HER FOOD in the jail as fixed by the

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        sheriff.

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             (2) If necessarily absent from jail at a meal time,  he  THE

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        PRISONER shall at  his  THE PRISONER'S request be furnished with

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        an adequate nourishing  lunch  MEAL to carry to work.  The sher-

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        iff or  friend of the  court FAMILY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR shall

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        charge  his  THE PRISONER'S account, if  he has one  ANY, for

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         such board  THE MEAL.   If the prisoner is gainfully

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        self-employed, he shall pay the sheriff for such board, in

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        default of which his

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             (3) THE PRISONER'S employment privilege is automatically

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        forfeited IF THE PRISONER FAILS TO PAY THE COST OF HIS OR HER

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        FOOD AS REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION.

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             (4) If the jail food is furnished directly by the county,

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        the sheriff shall account for and pay the  board  FOOD payments

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        to the county treasurer.

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             (5) The board of  supervisors  COMMISSIONERS by ordinance

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        may provide that the county furnish or pay for the transportation

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        of employed prisoners to and from their place of employment.

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             Sec. 4.  The sheriff or  friend of the  court FAMILY SERV-

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        ICES OFFICE shall disburse the wages or salary of an employed

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        prisoner for only the following purposes in the order stated:

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             (a)  Board  FOOD of the prisoner.  ;





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             (b) Necessary travel expense to and from work and other

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        incidental expenses of the prisoner.  ;

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             (c) Support of the prisoner's dependents, if any.  ;

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             (d) Payment, either in full or ratably, of the prisoner's

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        obligations  , acknowledged by him in writing, or which have

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        been  THAT THE PRISONER ACKNOWLEDGES IN WRITING OR THAT ARE

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        reduced to judgment.  ;

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             (e) The balance, if any, to the prisoner upon  his  THE

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        PRISONER'S discharge.

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             Sec. 6.  The county  department of social welfare  FAMILY

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        INDEPENDENCE AGENCY shall at the request of the court investigate

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        and report to the sheriff or  friend of the  court FAMILY SERV-

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        ICES OFFICE the amount necessary for support of the prisoner's

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        dependents.

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             Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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        effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6011

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        (request no. 04605'01 *) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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        law.





















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