HOUSE BILL No. 4169

 

February 10, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Hovey-Wright, Santana, Heise, Plawecki, Townsend, Greig, Robinson, Dillon, Gay-Dagnogo, Irwin, LaVoy, Garrett, Rutledge, Banks, Lucido and Geiss and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

 

      A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending section 13 of chapter II (MCL 762.13), as amended by

 

2004 PA 239.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1                            CHAPTER II

 

 2        Sec. 13. (1) If an individual is assigned to the status of a

 

 3  youthful trainee and the underlying charge is an offense

 

 4  punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than 1 year, the

 

 5  court shall do 1 of the following:

 

 6        (a) Commit the individual to the department of corrections

 

 7  for custodial supervision and training for not more than 3 years

 

 8  in an institutional facility designated by the department for

 

 9  that purpose.

 

10        (a) (b) Place the individual on probation for not more than


 

 1  3 years subject to probation conditions as provided in section 3

 

 2  of chapter XI. Beginning January 1, 2005, the The terms and

 

 3  conditions of probation may include participation in a drug

 

 4  treatment court under chapter 10A of the revised judicature act

 

 5  of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1060 to 600.1082.600.1084.

 

 6        (b) (c) Commit the individual to the county jail for not

 

 7  more than 1 year.

 

 8        (2) If an individual is assigned to the status of youthful

 

 9  trainee and the underlying charge is for an offense punishable by

 

10  imprisonment for 1 year or less, the court shall place the

 

11  individual on probation for not more than 2 years, subject to

 

12  probation conditions as provided in section 3 of chapter XI.

 

13        (3) An individual placed on probation pursuant to under this

 

14  section shall be under the supervision of a probation officer.

 

15  Upon commitment to and receipt by the department of corrections,

 

16  a youthful trainee shall be subject to the direction of the

 

17  department of corrections.

 

18        (4) If an individual is committed to the county jail under

 

19  subsection (1)(c) (1)(b) or as a probation condition, the court

 

20  may authorize work release or release for educational purposes.

 

21        (5) The court shall include in each order of probation for

 

22  an individual placed on probation under this section that the

 

23  department of corrections shall collect a probation supervision

 

24  fee of not more than $135.00 multiplied by the number of months

 

25  of probation ordered, but not more than 36 months. The fee is

 

26  payable when the probation order is entered, but the fee may be

 

27  paid in monthly installments if the court approves installment


 

 1  payments for that probationer. In determining the amount of the

 

 2  fee, the court shall consider the probationer's projected income

 

 3  and financial resources. The court shall use the following table

 

 4  of projected monthly income in determining the amount of the fee

 

 5  to be ordered:

 

 

     Projected Monthly Income        Amount of Fee

     $       0-249.99                $ 0.00

     $  250.00-499.99                $10.00

     $  500.00-749.99                $25.00

10      $  750.00-999.99                $40.00

11      $1,000.00 or more               5% of projected monthly

12                                      income, but not more than

13                                      $135.00

 

 

14        The court may order a higher amount than indicated by the

 

15  table, up to the maximum of $135.00 multiplied by the number of

 

16  months of probation ordered but not more than 36 months, if the

 

17  court determines that the probationer has sufficient assets or

 

18  other financial resources to warrant the higher amount. If the

 

19  court orders a higher amount, the amount and the reasons for

 

20  ordering that amount shall be stated in the court order. The fee

 

21  shall be collected as provided in section 25a of the corrections

 

22  code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.225a. A person shall not be

 

23  subject to more than 1 supervision fee at the same time. If a

 

24  supervision fee is ordered for a person for any month or months

 

25  during which that person already is subject to a supervision fee,

 

26  the court shall waive the fee having the shorter remaining


 

 1  duration.

 

 2        (6) If the individual is assigned to youthful trainee status

 

 3  before October 1, 2004 for a listed offense enumerated in section

 

 4  2 of the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.722,

 

 5  the department of corrections, sheriff or his or her designee, or

 

 6  the individual's probation officer shall register the individual

 

 7  or accept the individual's registration as provided under that

 

 8  act.