STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

Introduced by Reps. Lyons, Walsh, Wayne Schmidt, Barnett, Tlaib, Liss, Heise, Cavanagh, Price, Slavens, Brunner, Nathan, Meadows and Womack

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4478

AN ACT to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and codify the laws relating to criminal procedure and to define the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of courts, judges, and other officers of the court under the provisions of this act; to provide laws relative to the rights of persons accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the arrest of persons charged with or suspected of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for bail of persons arrested for or accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the examination of persons accused of criminal offenses; to regulate the procedure relative to grand juries, indictments, informations, and proceedings before trial; to provide for trials of persons complained of or indicted for criminal offenses and ordinance violations and to provide for the procedure in those trials; to provide for judgments and sentences of persons convicted of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to establish a sentencing commission and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for procedure relating to new trials and appeals in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to provide a uniform system of probation throughout this state and the appointment of probation officers; to prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation of probation officers; to provide penalties for the violation of the duties of probation officers; to provide for procedure governing proceedings to prevent crime and proceedings for the discovery of crime; to provide for fees of officers, witnesses, and others in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to set forth miscellaneous provisions as to criminal procedure in certain cases; to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” by amending section 16n of chapter XVII (MCL 777.16n), as amended by 2002 PA 321.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

CHAPTER XVII

Sec. 16n. This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max

750.241(2) Pub saf F Obstructing public service facility personnel in civil disturbance 4

750.248 Property E Forgery 14

750.248a Property F Uttering and publishing financial transaction device 4

750.248b Property C Forgery of real estate document 14

750.249 Property E Uttering and publishing forged records 14

750.249a Property H Molds or dies to forge financial transaction device 4

750.249b Property C Uttering and publishing forged real estate document 14

750.250 Property E Forgery of treasury notes 7

750.251 Property E Forgery of bank bills 7

750.252 Property E Possessing counterfeit notes 7

750.253 Property G Uttering counterfeit notes 5

750.254 Property E Possession of counterfeit notes or bills 5

750.255 Property E Possession of counterfeiting tools 10

750.260 Property E Counterfeiting coins or possession of 5 or more counterfeit coins Life

750.261 Property E Possession of 5 or fewer counterfeit coins 10

750.262 Property E Manufacture or possession of tools to counterfeit coins 10

750.263(3) Property E Delivery, use, or display of items with counterfeit mark — subsequent offense or over $1,000 or 100 items 5

750.263(4) Property E Manufacturing items with counterfeit mark 5

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2012.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4462 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor

EHB 4478