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.