Bill Text: MI HB5180 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Corrections; prisoners; issuance of debit card to access the prisoner's institutional account upon release; provide for. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding sec. 37a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5176'09, HB 5177'09, HB 5178'09
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-18 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [HB5180 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5180-Engrossed.html
HB-5180, As Passed House, December 16, 2009
HOUSE BILL No. 5180
July 14, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Barnett, Robert Jones, Warren, Scripps, Kandrevas, Lisa Brown and Amash and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 37a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 37a. If a prisoner has money remaining in his or her
institutional account on the date of his or her release on parole
or release upon completing his or her maximum sentence, the
department, upon the prisoner's release, shall issue to the
prisoner a debit card or similar electronic funds transfer card
that allows the prisoner to make electronic transfers of funds from
the prisoner's institutional account.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are
enacted into law:
House Bill No. 5180 as amended December 16, 2009
[(a) House Bill No. 5176.
(b) House Bill No. 5177.
(c) House Bill No. 5178.
(d) House Bill No. 5179.
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