Bill Text: MI HB4146 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Juveniles: criminal procedure; raise the age fund; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 117i.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-10 - Reassigned To Committee On Judiciary And Public Safety [HB4146 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4146-Engrossed.html
HB-4146, As Passed House, April 25, 2019
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4146
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 117i.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 117i. (1) The raise the age fund is created within the
state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from
any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall
direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit
to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The state court administrative office is the administrator
of the fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The state court administrative office shall create and
administer a grant program to disburse money from the raise the age
fund created in subsection (1) as appropriated by the legislature.
(6) Expenditures under the raise the age fund must only be
used to administer the grant program described in subsection (5)
and for costs to adjudicate and for services provided to juveniles
who were 17 years old at the time of the offense. Any request for
reimbursement must be accompanied by substantiating documentation,
as determined by the state court administrative office.
(7) A county, court, or tribe receiving money from the raise
the age fund must report to the state court administrative office
regarding expenditures made with that money. The report must
include, but is not limited to, expenditures on all of the
following:
(a) Personnel costs for county, court, or tribe staff
providing direct services to the juveniles who were 17 years old at
the time of the offense, including full or appropriately prorated
salaries and training.
(b) Contracted staffing, programming, and services.
(c) Placement and care costs for juveniles who were 17 years
old at the time of the offense, including, but not limited to, room
and board, clothing, incidentals, incentives, transportation, and
treatment.
(d) Indirect administrative costs, including, but not limited
to, judicial staff and operational expenditures necessary to carry
out the judicial process for juveniles who were 17 years old at the
time of the offense.
(8) For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the state court
administrative office must provide to the legislature relevant data
regarding juvenile offenders who were 17 years old at the time of
the offense. The data must include, but is not limited to, the
number of juveniles who were 17 years old at the time of the
offense, the number of petitions filed and adjudications, and the
types of dispositions.
(9) For the fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the state court
administrative office must provide to the legislature relevant data
regarding juvenile offenders who were 17 years old at the time of
the offense who received juvenile justice services provided with
the assistance of funds from the raise the age grant program
created in subsection (5). The data must include, but is not
limited to, the number of juveniles served under the raise the age
grant program who were 17 years old at the time of the offense, the
number of petitions filed and adjudications, and the types of
dispositions.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted.
