Bill Text: MI SB0896 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Civil procedure; other; wrongful imprisonment compensation act; extend the time for claims by individuals who were released before the effective date of the act. Amends sec. 7 of 2016 PA 343 (MCL 691.1757).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-11-28 - Referred To Second Reading [SB0896 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0896-Engrossed.html

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SB-0896, As Passed Senate, June 12, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 896

 

 

March 8, 2018, Introduced by Senators JONES and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 343, entitled

 

"Wrongful imprisonment compensation act,"

 

by amending section 7 (MCL 691.1757).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7. (1) An action for compensation under this act must be

 

commenced within 3 years after entry of a verdict, order, or

 

judgment as the result of an event described in section 4(1)(b).

 

Any action by this state challenging or appealing a verdict, order,

 

or judgment entered as the result of an event described in section

 

4(1)(b) tolls the 3-year period.

 

     (2) An individual convicted, imprisoned, and released from

 

custody before the effective date of this act March 29, 2017 must

 

commence an action under this act within 18 months after the

effective date of this act.the 2018 amendatory act that amended

 

this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 7 of the wrongful imprisonment

 

compensation act, 2016 PA 343, MCL 691.1757, as amended by this

 

amendatory act, applies retroactively to March 29, 2017.