CONSERVATION REHABILITATION CAMPS REPEALERS

House Bill 5893 as introduced

Sponsor:  Rep. Daire Rendon

House Bill 5894 as introduced

Sponsor:  Rep. Roger Hauck

House Bill 5895 as introduced

Sponsor:  Rep. Beau Matthew LaFave

Committee:  Oversight

Complete to 5-2-18

SUMMARY:

House Bills 5893, 5894, and 5895 would repeal acts pertaining to conservation rehabilitation camps.

In the early 1960s, money was appropriated over the span of several years to the then Department of Social Welfare to establish youth conservation rehabilitation camps for delinquent males. The camps were to be built on public land to serve youth committed to the department’s custody. Academic education, vocational training, and personal and vocational counseling were to be provided. In 1965, Camp LaVictoire, located near Grayling and operated as part of the Michigan Boys Training School, was transferred from the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections to the Department of Social Welfare.

House Bill 5893 would repeal Public Act 145 of 1963, which authorized the establishment and maintenance of youth conservation rehabilitation camps. The act also made a one-time appropriation of $50,000 for fiscal year 1963-64 for the completion of construction and renovation of camp facilities. (MCL 803.321 to 803.323, repealed)

House Bill 5894 would repeal Public Act 145 of 1965, which transferred Camp LaVictoire from the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections to the Department of Social Welfare for the purpose of a conservation rehabilitation camp. (MCL 803.331 to 803.333, repealed)

House Bill 5895 would repeal Public Act 229 of 1962, which appropriated money for the establishment and operation of a conservation rehabilitation camp for male delinquent youth committed to the Department of Social Welfare and provided an appropriation of $100,000, or a sum as needed to operate the camp facilities, for fiscal year 1962-63. (MCL 803.317, repealed)

House Bill 5895 is tie-barred to House Bill 5893; a tie-bar means that a bill cannot become law unless the bill to which it is tie-barred is also enacted.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The bills would have no fiscal impact on the state or on local units of government.

                                                                                        Legislative Analyst:   Susan Stutzky

                                                                                               Fiscal Analysts:   Viola Bay Wild

                                                                                                                           Robin Risko

                                                                                                                           Michael Cnossen

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