Bill Text: MI HB5118 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
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). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0068'19, HB 5117'19
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-04 - Assigned Pa 43'20 With Immediate Effect [HB5118 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5118-Engrossed.html
SENATE Substitute For
HOUSE BILL NO. 5118
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 2019 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.
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. 68
(b) House Bill No. 5117.
