TRANSPORTATION OF JUVENILE IN CUSTODY H.B. 4887 (H-1):
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
House Bill 4887 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Mike Mueller
Senate Committee: Judiciary and Public Safety
CONTENT
The bill would amend the juvenile code to prescribe conditions under which a juvenile under the age of 18 could be taken into custody or detained with an adult.
The code specifies that if a juvenile under the age of 18 years is taken into custody or detained, the juvenile may not be confined in any police station, prison, jail, lock-up, or reformatory or transported with, or compelled or permitted to associate or mingle with, criminal or dissolute people.
Under the bill, if a juvenile under the age of 18 years were taken into custody or detained, the juvenile could be transported with an adult if all of the following applied:
-- The juvenile was 16 years of age or older.
-- The adult was 25 years of age or younger.
-- The juvenile and adult were taken into custody at the same time.
-- The juvenile and adult were taken into custody for the same offense or both occupied the same vehicle at the time the offense was committed.
-- The juvenile was taken directly to the appropriate location and then was separated from the adult at the earliest available time in accordance with the code.
The bill would take effect of 90 days its enactment.
MCL 712A.16 Legislative Analyst: Stephen P. Jackson
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would result in minor fiscal savings for the State and local units of government. To the extent that there are circumstances, as described under the bill, in which counties must provide separate transportation for both juveniles and adults, there could be savings to the Child Care Fund for both the State and counties if the bill were enacted.
Date Completed: 6-1-22 Fiscal Analyst: John P. Maxwell
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.