Bill Text: MI HB5789 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public employees and officers; duties; attorney case-tracking; require by department of attorney general. Amends title of 1919 PA 232 (MCL 14.101 - 14.102) & adds sec. 3.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-08-03 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/13/2016 [HB5789 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5789-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5789

July 13, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Singh, Moss, Faris, Hoadley, Guerra, Love, Brinks, LaGrand and Driskell and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1919 PA 232, entitled

 

"An act to supplement the laws of the state relating to the powers

and duties of the attorney general and the institution and

prosecution of actions thereby on behalf of the state, to authorize

intervention in pending litigation on behalf of the people in

certain cases, and to permit the bringing of any suit at law in

which the state is a party plaintiff in the circuit court of Ingham

county,"

 

(MCL 14.101 to 14.102) by amending the title and by adding section

 

3.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to supplement the laws of the state relating to the

 

powers and duties of the attorney general and the institution and

 

prosecution of actions thereby on behalf of the state, to authorize

 

intervention in pending litigation on behalf of the people in

 

certain cases, and to permit the bringing of any suit at law in

 

which the state is a party plaintiff in the circuit court of Ingham

 

county.County, and to require the keeping of certain records.

 

     Sec. 3. The attorney general shall keep records of each

 

attorney assigned to work on each case, listing the number of hours

 

devoted to investigating, preparing for, or prosecuting the case.

 

Records required under this section are not subject to the

 

attorney-client privilege and shall be disclosed in response to a

 

request under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL

 

15.231 to 15.246.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.