HOUSE BILL No. 6116

 

May 31, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Stakoe, Hildenbrand, Taub, Wenke, Sheen, Ward, Gaffney, Hune, Kolb, Gleason, Wojno, Vagnozzi, Polidori, Accavitti, Tobocman, Farrah, Clack, Jones, Steil, David Law, Green, Proos, Garfield, Huizenga, Amos, Pastor, Nofs and Newell and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1959 PA 54, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the disposition and sale of certain stolen

property recovered by any county sheriff; and to provide for the

disposition of the proceeds of sale and certain other property,"

 

by amending section 1 (MCL 434.171), as amended by 1984 PA 257.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1.  Whenever  Except as otherwise provided in this

 

section, if the sheriff of  any  a county has any recovered stolen

 

property, including money, which is unclaimed for 6 months after

 

recovery, he or she shall report  the  that fact to the county

 

board of commissioners, and request authority from the board to

 

dispose of it as provided in this act. If the property is an

 

abandoned or stolen bicycle, the sheriff may request authority from

 


the board to donate the bicycle to a state licensed charitable

 

organization.