Bill Text: MI HB4001 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Criminal procedure: forfeiture; asset forfeiture; criminal conviction before proceeding and certain procedures; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 7523a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4002'19, SB 0002'19
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-14 - Assigned Pa 8'19 With Immediate Effect [HB4001 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4001-Chaptered.html
Act No. 8
Public Acts of 2019
Approved by the Governor
May 9, 2019
Filed with the Secretary of State
May 9, 2019
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 7, 2019
STATE OF MICHIGAN
100TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2019
Introduced by Rep. Wentworth
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4001
AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 7523a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 7523a. (1) If section 7521a applies to a forfeiture case under this article, the seized property is subject to forfeiture under section 7521, and a person has filed a claim as provided under section 7523, a civil forfeiture action under this act must be stayed during the pendency of the applicable criminal proceedings. The civil forfeiture action must proceed after the defendant is convicted of, or enters a guilty plea to, the offense involved, or 1 or more of the events described in section 7521a(2) applies.
(2) At the forfeiture hearing, the plaintiff must prove 1 or both of the following, as applicable:
(a) The property is subject to forfeiture as provided in section 7521(1).
(b) If a person, other than the person who has been convicted of a violation of this article or entered into a plea agreement in connection with a violation of this article as provided under section 7521a(1), claims an ownership or security interest in the property, that the person claiming the interest in the property had prior knowledge of or consented to the commission of the crime.
(3) If the plaintiff fails to meet the burden of proof under subsection (2), property seized under section 7522 must be returned to the owner not more than 14 days from the date the court issues a dispositive order.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in section 7521a, property must be returned to the owner not more than 14 days after the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) A warrant is not issued against a person for the commission of a crime within 90 days after the property was seized.
(b) All charges against the person relating to the commission of a crime are dismissed.
(c) The person charged with committing a crime is acquitted of the crime.
(d) In the case of multiple defendants, all persons charged with committing a crime are acquitted of the crime.
(e) Entry of a court order under this article for the return of the property.
(5) A party to a forfeiture proceeding may seek an extension of the time periods described in this section for good cause. The court may grant a motion for an extension under this subsection for good cause shown.
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. 2.
(b) House Bill No. 4002.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
