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Act 196 of 1989
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CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS SERVICES

Act 196 of 1989

AN ACT to abolish the criminal assessments commission; to prescribe certain duties of the crime victim services commission; to create the crime victim's rights fund; to provide for expenditures from the fund; to provide for assessments against criminal defendants and certain juvenile offenders; to provide for payment of crime victim's rights services; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and departments.


History: 1989, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 345, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 520, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1997




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 780.901SectionDefinitions.
Section 780.902SectionCriminal assessments commission; transfer of powers, duties, and jurisdiction to crime victim services commission.
Section 780.903SectionCrime victim services commission; duties.
Section 780.904SectionCrime victim's rights fund; creation; investment; expenditures; use of additional excess revenue; report regarding minor crime victims receiving crime victim compensation; "minor crime victim" defined.
Section 780.905SectionPayment and use of assessments; order; duties of clerk of court.
Section 780.906SectionService and funding levels; disbursements; adjustments; application for compensation for cost of services; administrative costs.
Section 780.907SectionDisbursements for crime victim's rights services; priority; financial incentive programs; administrative costs.
Section 780.908SectionUsing distribution to maintain or enhance crime victim's rights services.
Section 780.909SectionAnnual estimate of cost and revenue; notice to legislature; covering estimated shortfall.
Section 780.910SectionRules.
Section 780.911SectionEffective date.
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