Bill Text: MI HB5318 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered


Bill Title: Criminal procedure; other; penalties, fines, or costs; allow to be collected in same manner as civil money judgment. Amends sec. 4805 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.4805).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-12-15 - Assigned Pa 225'10 With Immediate Effect [HB5318 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5318-Chaptered.html

Act No. 225

Public Acts of 2010

Approved by the Governor

December 10, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 10, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

Introduced by Rep. Hammel

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5318

AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 4805 (MCL 600.4805), as amended by 2003 PA 178.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4805. (1) Unless otherwise specially provided for by law, if a penalty is incurred by any person and the act or omission for which the penalty is imposed is not also a felony, misdemeanor, or civil infraction, the penalty may be recovered in a civil action.

(2) Unless otherwise specially provided by law, any fine, cost, restitution, reimbursement, assessment, or other fee that is imposed in a criminal case or civil infraction action as authorized by law or court rule may be recovered in the same manner as a civil judgment for money in the same court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor