HB-6553, As Passed House, December 21, 2018
HB-6553, As Passed Senate, December 20, 2018
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 6553
A bill to amend 1846 RS 2, entitled
"Of the legislature,"
(MCL 4.82 to 4.85) by adding section 3a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3a. (1) The legislature and each house of the legislature
is hereby authorized and empowered to intervene in any action
commenced in any court of this state whenever the legislature or a
house of the legislature deems such intervention necessary in order
to protect any right or interest of that body because a party to
that action challenges the constitutionality of a state statute, or
the validity of legislation or any action of the legislature. Such
right of intervention shall exist at any stage of the proceeding,
and the legislature and each house of the legislature shall have
the same right to prosecute an appeal, or to apply for a re-hearing
or to take any other action or step whatsoever that is had or
possessed by any of the parties to such litigation.
(2) The right of intervention granted under this section
applies to all matters pending in any court of this state as of the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this section or
later filed in any court in this state.
(3) This section is self-executing but each house of the
legislature may adopt rules or policies to facilitate operation of
this section.
(4) This section does not limit any right or duty of the
attorney general provided by law.
(5) Intervention under this section is not a waiver of
legislative immunity.