Act No. 44

Public Acts of 2005

Approved by the Governor

June 16, 2005

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 16, 2005

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 2005

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

Introduced by Reps. Rocca, Anderson, Stewart, Lipsey, Vander Veen, Brown, Farrah, Pastor, Brandenburg, Acciavatti, Vagnozzi, Taub, Gleason, Nitz, Stahl, Huizenga, Moolenaar, Palsrok, Gillard, Dillon, Baxter, Booher, Elsenheimer, Espinoza, Gonzales, Gosselin, Hildenbrand, Kehrl, Lemmons, Jr., Marleau, McDowell, Mortimer, Pavlov and Sheltrown

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4356

AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending section 2919a (MCL 600.2919a).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2919a. (1) A person damaged as a result of either or both of the following may recover 3 times the amount of actual damages sustained, plus costs and reasonable attorney fees:

(a) Another person's stealing or embezzling property or converting property to the other person's own use.

(b) Another person's buying, receiving, possessing, concealing, or aiding in the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted property when the person buying, receiving, possessing, concealing, or aiding in the concealment of stolen, embezzled, or converted property knew that the property was stolen, embezzled, or converted.

(2) The remedy provided by this section is in addition to any other right or remedy the person may have at law or otherwise.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act applies to causes of action that arise after the effective date of this amendatory act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor