HB-4045, As Passed House, May 14, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4045

 

 

January 15, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Hope, Brixie, Kennedy, Stone, Cherry, Anthony, Slagh, Frederick, Hammoud and Whitsett and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending section 19 of chapter XVI (MCL 776.19).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER XVI

 

     Sec. 19. (1) The board of supervisors commissioners of a

 

county is hereby authorized to offer and pay out of the general

 

fund of the county not to exceed 2,000 dollars more than $20,000.00

 

as a reward for the arrest and conviction, or for information

 

leading to the arrest and conviction, of any person or persons

 

having committed a crime within the county or having escaped from

 

any penal institution therein: Provided, That the within the

 

county.

     (2) The powers granted hereby in this section may be exercised

 

by the finance committee of the board of supervisors commissioners

 

of a county when said the board of supervisors commissioners of the

 

county is not in session upon the request of a reward by the

 

sheriff or the prosecuting attorney of the county.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.