Bill Text: MI SB1069 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Criminal procedure: sex offender registration; fund shift for the sex offenders registration fund; provide for. Amends sec. 5b of 1994 PA 295 (MCL 28.725b).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-10-21 - Assigned Pa 0202'20 With Immediate Effect [SB1069 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB1069-Engrossed.html
SENATE BILL NO. 1069
A bill to amend 1994 PA 295, entitled
"Sex offenders registration act,"
by amending section 5b (MCL 28.725b), as amended by 2011 PA 17.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5b. (1) Of the money collected by a court, local
law enforcement agency, sheriff's department, or department post from each
registration fee prescribed under this act, $30.00 shall must be
forwarded to the department, which shall deposit the money in the sex offenders
registration fund created under subsection (2), and $20.00 shall must be retained by the court, local law
enforcement agency, sheriff's department, or department post.
(2) The sex offenders
registration fund is created as a separate fund in the department of treasury.
The state treasurer shall credit the money received from the payment of the
registration fee prescribed under this act to the sex offenders registration
fund. Money credited to the fund shall must only
be used by the department for training concerning, and the maintenance and
automation of, the law enforcement database, public internet website,
information required under section 8, or notification and offender registration
duties under section 4a. Money Except as otherwise provided in this section, money in
the sex offenders registration fund at the close of the fiscal year shall must remain in the fund and shall must not lapse to the general fund.
(3) If an individual
required to pay a registration fee under this act is indigent, the registration
fee shall be is waived for a period of 90 days. The
burden is on the individual claiming indigence to prove the fact of indigence
to the satisfaction of the local law enforcement agency, sheriff's department,
or department post where the individual is reporting.
(4) Payment of the
registration fee prescribed under this act shall must be
made in the form and by means prescribed by the department. Upon payment of the
registration fee prescribed under this act, the officer or employee shall
forward verification of the payment to the department in the manner the
department prescribes. The department shall revise the law enforcement database
and public internet website maintained under section 8 as necessary and shall indicate
verification of payment in the law enforcement database under section 8(1).
(5) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 only, $3,400,000.00 of the money in the sex offenders registration fund is transferred to and must be deposited into the general fund.
