Bill Text: MI SB0845 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Crime victims; compensation; provision related to verification of facts as condition to award claim of compensation; modify. Amends sec. 10 of 1976 PA 223 (MCL 18.360).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-02 - Referred To Committee On Law And Justice [SB0845 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0845-Engrossed.html

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SB-0845, As Passed Senate, May 2, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 845

 

 

February 27, 2018, Introduced by Senator CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 223, entitled

 

"An act to create an agency concerned with crime victim services;

to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide compensation to

certain victims of crimes; to provide for the promulgation of

rules; and to provide for penalties,"

 

by amending section 10 (MCL 18.360), as amended by 2008 PA 390.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 10. An award shall must not be made unless the

 

investigation of the claim verifies the following facts:

 

     (a) A crime was committed.

 

     (b) The crime directly resulted in personal physical injury

 

to, or death of, the victim.

 

     (c) Police records show that the crime was reported promptly

 

to the proper authorities. An award shall must not be made if the

 

police records show that the report was made more than 48 hours

after the occurrence of the crime unless any of the following

 

circumstances apply:

 

     (i) The crime was criminal sexual conduct committed against a

 

victim who was less than 18 years of age at the time of the

 

occurrence and the crime was reported before the victim attained 19

 

years of age.

 

     (ii) The commission, for good cause shown, finds the delay was

 

justified.

 

     (iii) The commission is making a payment under section 5a.

 

     (d) That If the crime did not occur occurred while the victim

 

was confined in a federal, state, or local correctional facility,

 

the claim is supported in an affidavit from the prosecutor of that

 

crime.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.