Bill Text: MI HB4959 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Corrections; alternatives; restrict placement of youth under 18 during confinement, trial, or transport; prohibit placement with adults during confinement, trial, or transport. Amends sec. 139 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.139). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4957'15, HB 4958'15
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-28 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [HB4959 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4959-Engrossed.html
HB-4959, As Passed House, April 27, 2016
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4959
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 139 (MCL 750.139), as amended by 1998 PA 510.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
139. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a A child
under
16 18 years of age while under arrest, confinement, or
conviction
for any a crime , shall
not be placed in any an
apartment
or cell of any a prison or place of confinement with any
adult
1 or more adults who is are under arrest,
confinement, or
conviction
for any a crime, or be permitted to remain in any court
room
during the trial of adults, or be
transported in any a vehicle
of
transportation in company used
to transport inmates with adults
charged with or convicted of a crime.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to prisoners being
transported
to or from, or confined in a youth correctional
House Bill No. 4959 as amended April 26, 2016
facility
operated by the department of corrections or a private
vendor
under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g.
(2) (3)
All cases involving the commitment
or trial of
children
under 16 18 years of age for any crime or misdemeanor,
before any court, shall be heard and determined by the court at a
suitable
time, to be designated by it, designated
by the court,
separate and apart from the trial of other criminal cases.
(3) (4)
Any A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect [October 1,
2018. ]
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4957.
(b) House Bill No. 4958.