HOUSE BILL No. 4629

 

April 19, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Sak, Wojno, Plakas, Lipsey and Gaffney and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending sections 1f and 3 of chapter IX, section 3 of chapter

 

XI, section 8 of chapter XII, and section 22 of chapter XIV (MCL

 

769.1f, 769.3, 771.3, 772.8, and 774.22), section 1f of chapter IX

 

as amended by 2002 PA 120, section 3 of chapter IX as amended by

 

1998 PA 231, section 3 of chapter XI as amended by 2004 PA 330,

 

section 8 of chapter XII as amended by 1994 PA 71, and section 22

 

of chapter XIV as amended by 1980 PA 506.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER IX

 

     Sec. 1f. (1) As part of the sentence for a conviction of any  

 

of the following offenses  offense, in addition to any other

 


penalty authorized by law, the court may order the person convicted

 

to reimburse the state or a local unit of government for expenses

 

incurred in relation to that incident including but not limited to

 

expenses for an emergency response and expenses for prosecuting the

 

person, as provided in this section.  :

 

     (a) A violation or attempted violation of section 625(1), (3),

 

(4), (5), (6), or (7) or section 625m of the Michigan vehicle code,

 

1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625 and 257.625m, or of a local ordinance

 

substantially corresponding to section 625(1), (3), or (6) or

 

section 625m of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625

 

and 257.625m.

 

     (b) Felonious driving, negligent homicide, manslaughter, or

 

murder, or attempted felonious driving, negligent homicide,

 

manslaughter, or murder, resulting from the operation of a motor

 

vehicle, snowmobile, ORV, aircraft, vessel, or locomotive engine

 

while the person was impaired by or under the influence of

 

intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, as defined in

 

section 7104 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7104,

 

or a combination of intoxicating liquor and a controlled substance,

 

or had an unlawful blood alcohol content.

 

     (c) A violation or attempted violation of section 82127 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.82127.

 

     (d) A violation or attempted violation of section 81134 or

 

81135 of the natural resources and environmental protection act,

 

1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134 and 324.81135.

 

     (e) A violation or attempted violation of section 185 of the

 


aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL

 

259.185.

 

     (f) A violation or attempted violation of section 80176(1),

 

(3), (4), or (5) of the natural resources and environmental

 

protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.80176, or a local ordinance

 

substantially corresponding to section 80176(1) or (3) of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.80176.

 

     (g) A violation or attempted violation of section 353 or 355

 

of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462.353 and 462.355.

 

     (h) A violation or attempted violation of section 411a(2) of

 

the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411a.

 

     (i) A finding of guilt for criminal contempt for a violation

 

of a personal protection order issued under section 2950 or 2950a

 

of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950

 

and 600.2950a, or for a violation of a foreign protection order

 

that satisfies the conditions for validity provided in section

 

2950i of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL

 

600.2950i.

 

     (2) The expenses for which reimbursement may be ordered under

 

this section include all of the following:

 

     (a) The salaries or wages, including overtime pay, of law

 

enforcement personnel for time spent responding to the incident

 

from which the conviction arose, arresting the person convicted,

 

processing the person after the arrest, preparing reports on the

 

incident, investigating the incident, and collecting and analyzing

 

evidence, including, but not limited to, determining bodily alcohol

 


content and determining the presence of and identifying controlled

 

substances in the blood, breath, or urine.

 

     (b) The salaries, wages, or other compensation, including

 

overtime pay, of fire department and emergency medical service

 

personnel, including volunteer fire fighters or volunteer emergency

 

medical service personnel, for time spent in responding to and

 

providing fire fighting, rescue, and emergency medical services in

 

relation to the incident from which the conviction arose.

 

     (c) The cost of medical supplies lost or expended by fire

 

department and emergency medical service personnel, including

 

volunteer fire fighters or volunteer emergency medical service

 

personnel, in providing services in relation to the incident from

 

which the conviction arose.

 

     (d) The salaries, wages, or other compensation, including, but

 

not limited to, overtime pay of prosecution personnel for time

 

spent investigating and prosecuting the crime or crimes resulting

 

in conviction.

 

     (e) The cost of extraditing a person from another state to

 

this state including, but not limited to, all of the following:

 

     (i) Transportation costs.

 

     (ii) The salaries or wages of law enforcement and prosecution

 

personnel, including overtime pay, for processing the extradition

 

and returning the person to this state.

 

     (3) If police, fire department, or emergency medical service

 

personnel from more than 1 unit of government incurred expenses as

 

described in subsection (2), the court may order the person

 

convicted to reimburse each unit of government for the expenses it

 


incurred.

 

     (4) The amount ordered to be paid under this section shall be

 

paid to the clerk of the court, who shall transmit the appropriate

 

amount to the unit or units of government named in the order to

 

receive reimbursement. If not otherwise provided by the court under

 

this subsection, the reimbursement ordered under this section shall

 

be made immediately. However, the court may require that the person

 

make the reimbursement ordered under this section within a

 

specified period or in specified installments.

 

     (5) The court shall not require a defendant to pay costs under

 

this section unless the defendant is or will be able to pay them

 

during the sentence term. In determining the amount and method of

 

payment of costs, the court shall take into account the defendant's

 

financial resources and the nature of the burden that payment of

 

costs will impose, with due regard to his or her other obligations.

 

     (6) A defendant who is required to pay costs under this

 

section and who is not in willful default of the payment of the

 

costs may petition the sentencing judge or his or her successor at

 

any time for a remission of the payment of any unpaid portion of

 

those costs. If the court determines that payment of the amount due

 

will impose a manifest hardship on the defendant or his or her

 

immediate family, the court may remit all or part of the amount due

 

in costs or modify the method of payment.

 

     (7)   (5)  If the person convicted is placed on probation or

 

paroled, any reimbursement ordered under this section shall be a

 

condition of that probation or parole. The court may revoke

 

probation and the parole board may revoke parole if the person

 


fails to comply with the order and if the person has not made a

 

good faith effort to comply with the order. In determining whether

 

to revoke probation or parole, the court or parole board shall

 

consider the person's employment status, earning ability, number of

 

dependents, and financial resources, the willfulness of the

 

person's failure to pay, and any other special circumstances that

 

may have a bearing on the person's ability to pay.

 

     (8)   (6)  An order for reimbursement under this section may

 

be enforced by the prosecuting attorney or the state or local unit

 

of government named in the order to receive the reimbursement in

 

the same manner as a judgment in a civil action.

 

     (9)  (7)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,

 

a person shall not be imprisoned, jailed, or incarcerated for a

 

violation of parole or probation, or otherwise, for failure to make

 

a reimbursement as ordered under this section unless the court

 

determines that the person has the resources to pay the ordered

 

reimbursement and has not made a good faith effort to do so.

 

     (10)  (8)  A local unit of government may elect to be

 

reimbursed for expenses under this section or a local ordinance, or

 

a combination of this section and a local ordinance. This

 

subsection does not allow a local unit of government to be fully

 

reimbursed more than once for any expense incurred by that local

 

unit of government.

 

     (9) As part of the sentence for a conviction of any violation

 

or attempted violation of chapter XXXIII, section 327, 327a, 328,

 

or 436, or chapter LXXXIII-A of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA

 

328, MCL 750.200 to 750.212a, 750.327, 750.327a, 750.328, and

 


750.436, and 750.543a to 750.543z, in addition to any other penalty

 

authorized by law, the court shall order the person convicted to

 

reimburse any government entity for expenses incurred in relation

 

to that incident including, but not limited to, expenses for an

 

emergency response and expenses for prosecuting the person, as

 

provided in subsections (2) to (8). As used in this subsection,

 

"government entity" means this state, a local unit of government,

 

or the United States government.

 

     (11)   (10)  As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Aircraft" means that term as defined in section  4  2 of

 

the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL

 

259.4  259.2.

 

     (b) "Local unit of government" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A city, village, township, or county.

 

     (ii) A local or intermediate school district.

 

     (iii) A public school academy.

 

     (iv) A community college.

 

     (c) "Motor vehicle" means that term as defined in section 33

 

of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.33.

 

     (d) "ORV" means that term as defined in section 81101 of the

 

natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451,

 

MCL 324.81101.

 

     (e) "Snowmobile" means that term as defined in section 82101

 

of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.82101.

 

     (f) "State" includes a state institution of higher education.

 

     (g) "Vessel" means that term as defined in section 80104 of

 


the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.80104.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) If a person is convicted of an offense punishable

 

by a fine or imprisonment, or both, the court may impose a

 

conditional sentence and order the person to pay a fine, with or

 

without the costs of prosecution, and restitution as provided under

 

section 1a of this chapter or the crime victim's rights act, 1985

 

PA 87, MCL 780.751 to 780.834, within a limited time stated in the

 

sentence and, in default of payment, sentence the person as

 

provided by law.

 

     (2) Except for a person who is convicted of criminal sexual

 

conduct in the first or third degree, the court may also place the

 

offender on probation with the condition that the offender pay a

 

fine, costs, damages, restitution, or any combination in

 

installments with any limited time and may, upon default in any of

 

those payments, impose sentence as provided by law.

 

     (3) The court shall not require a defendant to pay costs under

 

this section unless the defendant is or will be able to pay them

 

during the conditional sentence. In determining the amount and

 

method of payment of costs, the court shall take into account the

 

defendant's financial resources and the nature of the burden that

 

payment of costs will impose, with due regard to his or her other

 

obligations.

 

     (4) A defendant who is required to pay costs under this

 

section and who is not in willful default of the payment of the

 

costs may petition the sentencing judge or his or her successor at

 

any time for a remission of the payment of any unpaid portion of

 


those costs. If the court determines that payment of the amount due

 

will impose a manifest hardship on the defendant or his or her

 

immediate family, the court may remit all or part of the amount due

 

in costs or modify the method of payment.

 

     (5) If a defendant is required to pay costs as part of a

 

conditional sentence, the court may require payment to be made

 

immediately or may provide for payment to be made within a

 

specified period of time or in specified installments.

 

CHAPTER XI

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The sentence of probation shall include all of the

 

following conditions:

 

     (a) During the term of his or her probation, the probationer

 

shall not violate any criminal law of this state, the United

 

States, or another state or any ordinance of any municipality in

 

this state or another state.

 

     (b) During the term of his or her probation, the probationer

 

shall not leave the state without the consent of the court granting

 

his or her application for probation.

 

     (c) The probationer shall report to the probation officer,

 

either in person or in writing, monthly or as often as the

 

probation officer requires. This subdivision does not apply to a

 

juvenile placed on probation and committed under section 1(3) or

 

(4) of chapter IX to an institution or agency described in the

 

youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to

 

803.309.

 

     (d) If sentenced in circuit court, the probationer shall pay a

 

probation supervision fee as prescribed in section 3c of this

 


chapter.

 

     (e) The probationer shall pay restitution to the victim of the

 

defendant's course of conduct giving rise to the conviction or to

 

the victim's estate as provided in chapter IX. An order for payment

 

of restitution may be modified and shall be enforced as provided in

 

chapter IX.

 

     (f) The probationer shall pay an assessment ordered under

 

section 5 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.905.

 

     (g) The probationer shall pay the minimum state cost

 

prescribed by section 1j of chapter IX.

 

     (h) If the probationer is required to be registered under the

 

sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.732,

 

the probationer shall comply with that act.

 

     (i) The probationer shall pay the costs of the prosecution

 

giving rise to the conviction. The court may allow the probationer

 

to pay those costs in installments as provided in the order.

 

     (2) As a condition of probation, the court may require the

 

probationer to do 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 12

 

months, at the time or intervals, which may be consecutive or

 

nonconsecutive, within the probation as the court determines.

 

However, the period of confinement shall not exceed the maximum

 

period of imprisonment provided for the offense charged if the

 

maximum period is less than 12 months. The court may permit day

 

parole as authorized under 1962 PA 60, MCL 801.251 to 801.258. The

 

court may permit a work or school release from jail. This

 

subdivision does not apply to a juvenile placed on probation and

 


committed under section 1(3) or (4) of chapter IX to an institution

 

or agency described in the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974

 

PA 150, MCL 803.301 to 803.309.

 

     (b) Pay immediately or within the period of his or her

 

probation a fine imposed when placed on probation.

 

     (c) Pay costs other than the costs of prosecution described in

 

subsection (1)(i) pursuant to subsection (5).

 

     (d) Pay any assessment ordered by the court other than an

 

assessment described in subsection (1)(f).

 

     (e) Engage in community service.

 

     (f) Agree to pay by wage assignment any restitution,

 

assessment, fine, or cost imposed by the court.

 

     (g) Participate in inpatient or outpatient drug treatment or,

 

beginning January 1, 2005, participate in a drug treatment court

 

under chapter 10A of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA

 

236, MCL 600.1060 to 600.1082.

 

     (h) Participate in mental health treatment.

 

     (i) Participate in mental health or substance abuse

 

counseling.

 

     (j) Participate in a community corrections program.

 

     (k) Be under house arrest.

 

     (l) Be subject to electronic monitoring.

 

     (m) Participate in a residential probation program.

 

     (n) Satisfactorily complete a program of incarceration in a

 

special alternative incarceration unit as provided in section 3b of

 

this chapter.

 

     (o) Be subject to conditions reasonably necessary for the

 


protection of 1 or more named persons.

 

     (p) Reimburse the county for expenses incurred by the county

 

in connection with the conviction for which probation was ordered

 

as provided in the prisoner reimbursement to the county act, 1984

 

PA 118, MCL 801.81 to 801.93.

 

     (q) Complete his or her high school education or obtain the

 

equivalency of a high school education in the form of a general

 

education development (GED) certificate.

 

     (3) The court may impose other lawful conditions of probation

 

as the circumstances of the case require or warrant or as in its

 

judgment are proper.

 

     (4) If an order or amended order of probation contains a

 

condition for the protection of 1 or more named persons as provided

 

in subsection (2)(o), the court or a law enforcement agency within

 

the court's jurisdiction shall enter the order or amended order

 

into the law enforcement information network. If the court rescinds

 

the order or amended order or the condition, the court shall remove

 

the order or amended order or the condition from the law

 

enforcement information network or notify that law enforcement

 

agency and the law enforcement agency shall remove the order or

 

amended order or the condition from the law enforcement information

 

network.

 

     (5) If the court requires the probationer to pay costs under

 

subsection (2), the costs shall be limited to expenses specifically

 

incurred in prosecuting the defendant or providing legal assistance

 

to the defendant and supervision of the probationer.

 

     (6) If the court imposes costs under subsection (2) as part of

 


a sentence of probation, all of the following apply:

 

     (a) The court shall not require a probationer to pay costs

 

under subsection (2) unless the probationer is or will be able to

 

pay them during the term of probation. In determining the amount

 

and method of payment of costs under subsection (2), the court

 

shall take into account the probationer's financial resources and

 

the nature of the burden that payment of costs will impose, with

 

due regard to his or her other obligations.

 

     (b) A probationer who is required to pay costs under

 

subsection (1)(g) or (2)(c) and who is not in willful default of

 

the payment of the costs may petition the sentencing judge or his

 

or her successor at any time for a remission of the payment of any

 

unpaid portion of those costs. If the court determines that payment

 

of the amount due will impose a manifest hardship on the

 

probationer or his or her immediate family, the court may remit all

 

or part of the amount due in costs or modify the method of payment.

 

     (7) If a probationer is required to pay costs as part of a

 

sentence of probation, the court may require payment to be made

 

immediately or the court may provide for payment to be made within

 

a specified period of time or in specified installments.

 

     (8) If a probationer is ordered to pay costs as part of a

 

sentence of probation, compliance with that order shall be a

 

condition of probation. The court may revoke probation if the

 

probationer fails to comply with the order and if the probationer

 

has not made a good faith effort to comply with the order. In

 

determining whether to revoke probation, the court shall consider

 

the probationer's employment status, earning ability, and financial

 


resources, the willfulness of the probationer's failure to pay, and

 

any other special circumstances that may have a bearing on the

 

probationer's ability to pay. The proceedings provided for in this

 

subsection are in addition to those provided in section 4 of this

 

chapter.

 

     (9) If sentencing is deferred in the circuit court, the court

 

shall require the individual to pay a supervision fee in the same

 

manner as is prescribed for a delayed sentence under section 1(3)

 

of this chapter, shall require the individual to pay the minimum

 

state costs prescribed by section 1j of chapter IX, and may impose,

 

as applicable, the conditions of probation described in subsections

 

(1), (2), and (3).

 

     (10) If sentencing is delayed or deferred in the district

 

court or in a municipal court, the court shall require the

 

individual to pay the minimum state costs prescribed by section 1j

 

of chapter IX and may impose, as applicable, the conditions of

 

probation described in subsections (1), (2), and (3).

 

CHAPTER XII

 

     Sec. 8. (1) If an order respecting costs is not made by the

 

court, costs shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as costs

 

in a prosecution of a minor offense in the same court. If a person

 

is required to give security to keep the peace, the court  may

 

further  shall order that the costs of prosecution or any part of

 

those costs be paid by that person.

 

     (2) The person shall be committed until the costs are paid or

 

until the person is otherwise legally discharged. However, the

 

court shall not require a person to pay costs unless the person is

 


or will be able to pay them. In determining the amount and method

 

of payment of costs, the court shall take into account the person's

 

financial resources and the nature of the burden that payment of

 

costs will impose, with due regard to his or her other obligations.

 

     (3) A person who is required to pay costs under this section

 

and who is not in willful default of the payment of the costs may

 

petition the sentencing judge or his or her successor at any time

 

for a remission of the payment of any unpaid portion of those

 

costs. If the court determines that payment of the amount due will

 

impose a manifest hardship on the person or his or her immediate

 

family, the court may remit all or part of the amount due in costs

 

or modify the method of payment.

 

     (4) The court may require payment of costs to be made

 

immediately or may provide for payment to be made within a

 

specified period of time or in specified installments.

 

CHAPTER XIV

 

     Sec. 22. (1) If the accused is tried and found guilty in a

 

municipal court  , either  by the court or  by  a jury  ,  or is

 

convicted upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the court shall  

 

render  enter a judgment and sentence the accused  , either  by a

 

fine  ,  or imprisonment, or both.  , as the case may require.  The

 

court  also may  shall also order the accused to pay the costs of

 

prosecution and may order the accused to pay other reasonable costs

 

and expenses, direct and indirect,  as  to which the public has

 

been put  to  in connection with the offense, not to exceed $15.00

 

for the other costs and expenses in a criminal case. The punishment

 

provided for by the sentence shall not exceed the limit fixed by

 


law for the offense charged.

 

     (2) The court shall not require a defendant to pay costs under

 

this section unless the defendant is or will be able to pay them

 

during the sentence term. In determining the amount and method of

 

payment of costs, the court shall take into account the defendant's

 

financial resources and the nature of the burden that payment of

 

costs will impose, with due regard to his or her other obligations.

 

     (3) A defendant who is required to pay costs under this

 

section and who is not in willful default of the payment of the

 

costs may petition the sentencing judge or his or her successor at

 

any time for a remission of the payment of any unpaid portion of

 

those costs. If the court determines that payment of the amount due

 

will impose a manifest hardship on the defendant or his or her

 

immediate family, the court may remit all or part of the amount due

 

in costs or modify the method of payment.

 

     (4) If a defendant is required to pay costs as part of the

 

sentence, the court may require payment to be made immediately or

 

may provide for payment to be made within a specified period of

 

time or in specified installments.