Bill Text: MI HB6553 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Legislature; other; right of legislature to intervene in any proceeding; create. Amends 1846 RS 2 (MCL 4.82 - 4.85) by adding sec. 3a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-31 - Vetoed By The Governor 12/28/2018 12/31/18 Addenda [HB6553 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6553-Enrolled.html

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Introduced by Rep. VerHeulen

STATE OF MICHIGAN 99TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6553

AN ACT 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.

1. 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.

2. This section is self-executing but each house of the legislature may adopt rules or policies to facilitate operation of this section.

3. This section does not limit any right or duty of the attorney general provided by law.

4. Intervention under this section is not a waiver of legislative immunity.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved Governor