Act No. 631

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

December 22, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 23, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 23, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Reps. Anderson, Lockwood, Bovin, Jamnick, Basham, Pestka, Lemmons, Shackleton, Hale, Stewart, Zelenko, Kowall, Toy, Patterson, Vander Veen, Rich Brown, Plakas, Jacobs, Phillips, DeRossett, Neumann, Bob Brown, O'Neil, Rivet and Kooiman

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5047

AN ACT to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and codify the laws relating to criminal procedure and to define the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of courts, judges, and other officers of the court under the provisions of this act; to provide laws relative to the rights of persons accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the arrest of persons charged with or suspected of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for bail of persons arrested for or accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the examination of persons accused of criminal offenses; to regulate the procedure relative to grand juries, indictments, informations, and proceedings before trial; to provide for trials of persons complained of or indicted for criminal offenses and ordinance violations and to provide for the procedure in those trials; to provide for judgments and sentences of persons convicted of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to establish a sentencing commission and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for procedure relating to new trials and appeals in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to provide a uniform system of probation throughout this state and the appointment of probation officers; to prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation of probation officers; to provide penalties for the violation of the duties of probation officers; to provide for procedure governing proceedings to prevent crime and proceedings for the discovery of crime; to provide for fees of officers, witnesses, and others in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to set forth miscellaneous provisions as to criminal procedure in certain cases; to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act," (MCL 760.1 to 777.69) by adding section 12a to chapter V.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

CHAPTER V

Sec. 12a. (1) A law enforcement agency that obtains bail or bond money from or on behalf of a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued by a court may collect, in addition to the bail or bond money, an amount not more than $10.00 from the person arrested or from another person on behalf of the person arrested.

(2) A law enforcement agency collecting the amount of money under subsection (1) shall promptly deposit the money into an account created for that purpose in the treasury of the law enforcement agency's governing body.

(3) The money in the account created under subsection (2) may be expended by the governing body to defray the expense of receiving, depositing, and delivering bail or bond money.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.