Bill Text: MI HB5534 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Corrections; jails; criteria for jail reimbursement program; modify. Amends sec. 35, ch. IX of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 769.35).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-27 - Printed Bill Filed 10/23/2009 [HB5534 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5534-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5534
October 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Haveman and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled
"The code of criminal procedure,"
by amending section 35 of chapter IX (MCL 769.35), as added by 1998
PA 317.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER IX
Sec. 35. The department of corrections shall operate a jail
reimbursement program that provides funding to counties for housing
offenders in county jails who otherwise would have been sentenced
to
prison. The criteria for reimbursement
, including but not
limited
to criteria for determining those offenders who otherwise
would
have been sentenced to prison, and the shall include, but not
be limited to, all of the following for each offender for whom
reimbursement is made:
(a) A sentencing guidelines recommended range upper limit of
more than 18 months.
(b) A sentencing guidelines recommended range lower limit of
12 months or less.
(c) A prior record variable score of 35 or more points.
(d) A minimum sentencing guidelines range minimum of more than
12 months.
(e) The offender's sentence is not for commission of a crime
in crime class G or crime class H under chapter XVII of the code of
criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69.
(2) The rate of reimbursement shall be established in the
annual appropriations acts for the department of corrections.
Funding for the jail reimbursement program shall be an amount equal
to 1% of the general fund portion of the enacted annual fiscal year
budget for the department of corrections, but shall never be less
than an amount equal to 1% of the general fund portion of the
fiscal year 2008-2009 budget for the department of corrections.
