October 7, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Heise, Santana, Chang, Kosowski, Webber, Byrd, Robinson, Geiss, Banks, Gay-Dagnogo, Greig, Yanez, Darany, Forlini, Lucido, Howrylak, LaVoy, Durhal, Rutledge, Irwin, Hovey-Wright, Plawecki, Moss, Love, Callton and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 139 (MCL 750.139), as amended by 1998 PA 510.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
139. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a A child
under
16 18 years of age while under arrest, confinement, or
conviction
for any a crime , shall
not be placed in any an
apartment
or cell of any a prison or place of confinement with any
adult
1 or more adults who is are under arrest,
confinement, or
conviction
for any a crime, or be permitted to remain in any court
room
a courtroom during the trial of adults, or be transported in
any
a vehicle of transportation in company used to transport
inmates with adults charged with or convicted of a crime.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to prisoners being
transported
to or from, or confined in a youth correctional
facility
operated by the department of corrections or a private
vendor
under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g.
(2) (3)
All cases involving the commitment
or trial of
children
under 16 18 years of age for any crime or misdemeanor,
before any court, shall be heard and determined by the court at a
suitable
time, to be designated by it, designated
by the court,
separate and apart from the trial of other criminal cases.
(3) (4)
Any A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4957 (request no.
03219'15).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4958 (request no.
03364'15).