Bill Text: MI HB5896 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Criminal procedure; sex offender registration; certain procedures for registering sex offenders who are homeless; revise. Amends 1994 PA 295 (MCL 28.721 - 28.736) by adding sec. 2a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-25 - Printed Bill Filed 02/25/2010 [HB5896 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5896-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5896
February 24, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Valentine and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 295, entitled
"Sex offenders registration act,"
(MCL 28.721 to 28.736) by adding section 2a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2a. (1) If a person is a resident of this state but does
not have a residence as defined in section 2(g), the person's
residence for purposes of this act is as follows:
(a) If the person is present in a city or village having an
organized police department for a majority of his or her time
within a 30-day period, the police department of that city or
village is considered to be his or her residence.
(b) Unless subdivision (a) applies, if the person is present
in a township having an organized police department for a majority
of his or her time within a 30-day period, the police department of
that township is considered to be his or her residence.
(c) Unless subdivision (a) or (b) applies, if the person is
present in a county for a majority of his or her time within a 30-
day period, the sheriff's department of that county is considered
to be his or her residence.
(2) A person described in subsection (1) shall report to a
police department or sheriff's department within 14 days after the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this section to
register as a resident within that city, village, township, or
county.
(3) The location of a police department or sheriff's
department that is designated as a residence under this section
does not apply for purposes of establishing a violation of the
prohibition against residing within a student safety zone under
section 35(1), but does apply to the prohibition against initiating
or maintaining contact with a minor within that student safety
zone.
(4) The registering authority shall note on the registration
form that the person is registering as provided in this section.
The department of state police shall note in the databases provided
for under section 8 that the person does not have a residence but
that the person is present for a majority of his or her time in the
local unit of government specified under this section.
