BRANDON D'ANNUNZIO'S LAW

Senate Bill 726

Sponsor:  Sen. Rick Jones

House Committee:  Judiciary

Senate Committee:  Judiciary

Complete to 10-15-12

A SUMMARY OF SENATE BILL 726 AS PASSED BY THE SENATE 2-7-12

The bill would lengthen the statute of limitations for the crimes of kidnapping, attempted murder, or manslaughter from 10 years to 20 years.

Senate Bill 726 would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to add a new provision, to be called Brandon D'Annunzio's Law, to specify that an indictment for kidnapping, attempted murder, or manslaughter could be found and filed within 20 years after the offense was committed.  Currently, the statute of limitation for those crimes is 10 years.

MCL 767.24

FISCAL IMPACT:

To the extent that the bill results in additional felony convictions that would not otherwise have occurred, it would increase costs on state and local correctional systems.  The average cost of prison incarceration in a state facility is roughly $34,000 per prisoner per year, a figure that includes various fixed administrative and operational costs.  The cost of local incarceration in a county jail varies by jurisdiction.   Costs of parole and felony probation supervision, exclusive of the cost of electronic tether, average about $2,300 per supervised offender per year. Any increase in penal fine revenues would increase funding for local libraries, which are the constitutionally-designated recipients of those revenues.

                                                                                           Legislative Analyst:   Susan Stutzky

                                                                                                  Fiscal Analyst:   Bob Schneider

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.