SEX OFFENDER RELEASE H.B. 6135 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 6135 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
Sponsor: Representative Rick Baxter
House Committee: Judiciary
Senate Committee: Judiciary
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to add to the sentencing guidelines failure of a prisoner, who would be required to register under the Sex Offender's Registration Act upon release from prison, to notify the Department of Corrections of the location of his or her proposed place of residence or domicile, as House Bill 5194 (S-3) would require. The violation would be a Class F felony against the public trust with a statutory maximum sentence of four years' imprisonment.
House Bill 6135 (S-1) would take effect on December 1, 2006, and is tie-barred to House Bill 5194.
MCL 777.17f Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill, along with House Bills 5193 (S-1) and 5194 (S-3), would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on State government. There are no data to indicate how many offenders would be convicted of refusing to provide the location of their proposed residence or knowingly providing an incorrect location to the Department of Corrections. An offender convicted of the Class F offense under the bills would receive a sentencing guidelines minimum sentence range of 0-3 months to 17-30 months. Local governments would incur the costs of incarceration in local facilities, which vary by county. The State would incur the cost of felony probation at an annual average cost of $2,000, as well as the cost of incarceration in a State facility at an average annual cost of $30,000. Additional penal fine revenue would benefit public libraries.
Date Completed: 9-7-06 Fiscal Analyst: Lindsay Hollander
floor\hb6135 Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb6135/0506