Bill Text: MI SB0215 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes: penalties; remove cases in which a court must impose a cash bond and penalties for misrepresentation on a financial disclosure form; provide for. Amends sec. 6a, ch. V of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 765.6a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary And Public Safety [SB0215 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0215-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 215

 

 

March 14, 2019, Introduced by Senator JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Judiciary and   Public Safety.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending section 6a of chapter V (MCL 765.6a).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

                              CHAPTER V

 

     Sec. 6a. Before granting an application for bail, a court

 

shall require a cash bond or a surety other than the applicant if

 

the applicant

 

     (1) Is charged with a crime alleged to have occurred while on

 

bail pursuant to a bond personally executed by him; or

 

     (2) Has been twice convicted of a felony within the preceding

 

5 years.An individual who knowingly misrepresents his or her

 

financial status on the financial disclosure form described in

section 6f(3) of this chapter may be found in contempt of court and

 

may be punished as provided in section 1715 of the revised

 

judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1715.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 211.

 

 

 

     (b) House Bill No. 4352.

 

 

 

     (c) Senate Bill No. 210.