Bill Text: MI SB0657 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Courts; other; certain crime victims; exempt from jury duty and provide that certain individuals are not practicing law in violation of the revised judicature act. Amends secs. 916 & 1307a of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.916 & 600.1307a). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0655'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-15 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SB0657 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0657-Engrossed.html

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SB-0657, As Passed Senate, May 15, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 657

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending sections 916 and 1307a (MCL 600.916 and 600.1307a),

 

section 916 as amended by 2000 PA 112 and section 1307a as amended

 

by 2012 PA 69.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 916. (1) A person shall not practice law or engage in the

 

law business, shall not in any manner whatsoever lead others to

 

believe that he or she is authorized to practice law or to engage

 

in the law business, and shall not in any manner whatsoever

 

represent or designate himself or herself as an attorney and

 

counselor, attorney at law, or lawyer, unless the person is

 

regularly licensed and authorized to practice law in this state. A

 

person who violates this section is guilty of contempt of the

supreme court and of the circuit court of the county in which the

 

violation occurred, and upon conviction is punishable as provided

 

by law. This section does not apply to a person who is duly

 

licensed and authorized to practice law in another state while

 

temporarily in this state and engaged in a particular matter.

 

     (2) A domestic violence victim advocate's assistance that is

 

provided in accordance with section 2950c does not violate this

 

section.

 

     (3) An application assistant's or victim advocate's assistance

 

that is provided in accordance with the address confidentiality

 

program act does not violate this section.

 

     Sec. 1307a. (1) To qualify as a juror, a person shall must

 

meet all of the following criteria:

 

     (a) Be a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or

 

older, and a resident in the county for which the person is

 

selected, and in the case of a district court in districts of the

 

second and third class, be a resident of the district.

 

     (b) Be able to communicate in the English language.

 

     (c) Be physically and mentally able to carry out the functions

 

of a juror. Temporary inability shall must not be considered a

 

disqualification.

 

     (d) Not have served as a petit or grand juror in a court of

 

record during the preceding 12 months.

 

     (e) Not have been convicted of a felony.

 

     (2) A person more than 70 years of age may claim exemption

 

from jury service and shall must be exempt upon making the request.

 

     (3) A nursing mother may claim exemption from jury service for

the period during which she is nursing her child and shall must be

 

exempt upon making the request if she provides a letter from a

 

physician, a lactation consultant, or a certified nurse midwife

 

verifying that she is a nursing mother.

 

     (4) An individual who is a participant in the address

 

confidentiality program created under the address confidentiality

 

program act may claim exemption from jury service for the period

 

during which he or she is a program participant. To obtain an

 

exemption under this subsection, the individual shall provide his

 

or her participation card issued by the department of attorney

 

general upon his or her certification as a program participant to

 

the court providing evidence that he or she is a current

 

participant in the address confidentiality program.

 

     (5) (4) For the purposes of this section and sections 1371 to

 

1376, a person has served as a juror if that person has been paid

 

for jury service.

 

     (6) (5) For purposes of this section:

 

     (a) "Certified nurse midwife" means an individual licensed as

 

a registered professional nurse under article 15 of the public

 

health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838, who has been

 

issued a specialty certification in the practice of nurse midwifery

 

by the board of nursing under section 17210 of the public health

 

code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17210.

 

     (b) "Felony" means a violation of a penal law of this state,

 

another state, or the United States for which the offender, upon

 

conviction, may be punished by death or by imprisonment for more

 

than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a

felony.

 

     (c) "Lactation consultant" means a lactation consultant

 

certified by the international board of lactation consultant

 

examiners.International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.

 

     (d) "Physician" means an individual licensed by the state to

 

engage in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and

 

surgery under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,

 

MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 180 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 655 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.