Bill Text: MI SB0949 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Courts; other; swift and sure sanctions court; create. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding sec. 1086.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-09 - Received On 06/09/2016 [SB0949 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0949-Engrossed.html
SB-0949, As Passed Senate, June 9, 2016
SENATE BILL No. 949
May 3, 2016, Introduced by Senators PROOS, JONES, HORN, SHIRKEY, GREGORY, COLBECK, WARREN, BRANDENBURG, GREEN, BOOHER, NOFS and KNOLLENBERG and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 1086.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1086. (1) The circuit court in any judicial circuit may
adopt or institute a swift and sure sanctions court, by statute or
court rule.
(2) A swift and sure sanctions court shall carry out the
purposes of the swift and sure sanctions act, chapter XIA of the
code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 771A.1 to 771A.8.
(3) A court that has adopted a swift and sure sanctions court
may accept participants from any other jurisdiction in this state
based upon either the residence of the participant in the receiving
jurisdiction or the unavailability of a swift and sure sanctions
court in the jurisdiction where the participant is charged. The
transfer is not valid unless it is agreed to by all of the
following:
(a) The defendant or respondent.
(b) The attorney representing the defendant or respondent.
(c) The judge of the transferring court and the prosecutor of
the case.
(d) The judge of the receiving swift and sure sanctions court
and the prosecutor of a court funding unit of the swift and sure
sanctions court.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
