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Act 325 of 1982 - COUNTY JAIL OVERCROWDING STATE OF EMERGENCY (801.51 - 801.64)
Section 801.51 ‑ Definitions.
Section 801.51a ‑ County jail population exceeding 95% of jail's rated design capacity; actions by county sheriff; maximum value of outstanding bonds; duration; applicability of subsections (1) to (3).
Section 801.52 ‑ Certifying general prisoner population exceeds 100% of rated design capacity of county jail or percentage of rated design capacity set by court; duties of sheriff.
Section 801.52a ‑ Reporting prisoner population counts.
Section 801.53 ‑ Declaring county jail overcrowding state of emergency.
Section 801.54 ‑ Notice of declaration of county jail overcrowding state of emergency.
Section 801.55 ‑ Reduction of prisoner population by sheriff, notified persons, and other judges; means.
Section 801.56 ‑ Requirement of further actions; failure of certain actions to reduce population to level prescribed in subsection (1); presenting prisoner information to chief circuit judge; applicability of subsection (2)(b) to certain prisoners; review; classification of prisoners; reduction of sentences; duration; report.
Section 801.57 ‑ Failure of certain actions to reduce population to level prescribed in MCL 801.56(1); equal reduction of original sentences.
Section 801.58 ‑ Failure of certain actions to reduce population to level prescribed in MCL 801.56(1); deferring acceptance for incarceration of certain persons.
Section 801.59 ‑ Ending county jail overcrowding state of emergency; conditions; certification by sheriff.
Section 801.59a ‑ Written county jail population management plan; adoption; implementation; approval; amendments; duration; delegation of judicial sentencing authority.
Section 801.59b ‑ Suspension or reduction of jail sentence by sentencing judge; delegation of authority to chief judge; modification of bond.
Section 801.60 ‑ Listing of crimes and offenses; development.
Section 801.61 ‑ Loss of bed space due to natural disaster or deliberate destruction of property; applicability of act.
Section 801.62 ‑ Prisoners sentenced to county jail as condition of probation; applicability of act.
Section 801.63 ‑ Maximum sentence reductions where act invoked more than once; good time.
Section 801.64 ‑ Effective date.

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