January 18, 2017, Introduced by Senators BOOHER, O'BRIEN, PROOS, JONES, COLBECK, KNOLLENBERG, HORN, BRANDENBURG, HANSEN, SCHUITMAKER, KOWALL, GREGORY, JOHNSON and WARREN and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 65j.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 65j. (1) The department shall implement a county jail bed
savings program to house eligible prisoners sentenced to the
custody of the department in county jails rather than in state
correctional facilities.
(2) A county may volunteer to participate in the jail bed
savings program and house eligible prisoners sentenced to the
custody of the department in its county jails.
(3) If a county volunteers to participate in the jail bed
savings program, the department shall reimburse the county at a
rate of $35.00 per day per prisoner.
(4) If a county participating in the jail bed savings program
has available bed space in its county jail and the department has
prisoners in its custody meeting the eligibility requirements under
this section, the department shall place the eligible prisoners in
the county jail.
(5) A prisoner who does not meet all of the following
eligibility requirements shall not be placed in a county jail under
this section:
(a) The prisoner has been given a level I classification by a
department classification committee on a scale of 6 levels in which
level I is the least restrictive level.
(b) The prisoner is not serving a sentence for conviction of a
violation or attempted violation of section 520b, 520c, 520d, 520e,
or 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520b,
750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, and 750.520g.
(c) The prisoner is serving a fixed sentence with a determined
discharge date.
(6) As used in this section, "state correctional facility"
means a facility or institution that is maintained and operated, or
contracted for, by the department of corrections and that houses
prisoners sentenced to the custody of the department of
corrections.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.