HOUSE BILL No. 5997

 

December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1959 PA 54, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the disposition and sale of certain stolen

property recovered by any county sheriff; and to provide for the

disposition of the proceeds of sale and certain other property,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 434.172), as amended by 1984 PA 257.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. The county board of commissioners shall act upon the

 

request of the sheriff within 6 months after the receipt of

 

receiving the request. If Before January 1, 2015, if the board

 

approves the request, the sheriff shall publish notice in a

 

newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 5 days

 

before the sale. Beginning January 15, 2015, the public notice

 

shall be tier B with a link notice as provided in the local

 

government public notice act at least 5 days before the sale. The


 

notice shall describe the property, including money, and shall

 

state the time and place of public sale at which the property may

 

be purchased by the highest bidder. The sheriff may obtain an

 

appraisal to determine whether money, because of age, origin, metal

 

content, or value as a collector's item, has a value other than its

 

face value. Money which that does not have a value other than its

 

face value shall is not be subject to the public sale provisions

 

contained in this section. Until the date of the sale the property,

 

including money, may be claimed at the sheriff's office. If

 

ownership is proved, the sheriff shall turn the property, including

 

money, over to the owner and cancel the sale insofar as the claimed

 

property is concerned.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5560 (request no.

 

03796'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.