Bill Text: MI SB0102 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Juveniles; criminal procedure; raise the age fund; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 117i.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-05 - Assigned Pa 0097'19 [SB0102 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-SB0102-Engrossed.html

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SB-0102, As Passed Senate, April 24, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 117i.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 117i. (1) The raise the age fund is created within the

 

state treasury.

 

     (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit

 

to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

     (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year remains

 

in the fund and does not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (4) The department is the administrator of the fund for

 

auditing purposes.

 

     (5) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon

 

appropriation, to support the cost of raising the age of criminal

 

responsibility for costs not eligible for reimbursement through the

 

child care fund as provided in section 117a(4)(j). The costs

 

eligible for reimbursement from the raise the age fund include the

 

costs listed and associated with a court exercising jurisdiction

 

under section 2 of chapter XXIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939

 

PA 288, MCL 712A.2, over a juvenile who is 17 years of age, but

 

under the age of 18, at the time of offense.

 

     (6) A county, court, or tribe must report expenditures of

 

money received from the funds for costs, including, but not limited

 

to, the following:

 

     (a) Personnel costs for county, court, or tribe staff

 

providing direct services to the youth, including full or

 

appropriately prorated salaries and training.

 

     (b) Contracted staffing, programming, and services.

 

     (c) Youth placement and care costs, including, but not limited

 

to, room and board, clothing, incidentals, incentives,

 

transportation, and treatment.

 

     (d) Indirect administrative costs, including, but not limited

 

to, judicial staff and operational expenditures necessary to carry

 

out the judicial process.

 

     (7) Any request for reimbursement must be accompanied by

 

substantiating documentation, as determined by the department.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October

 

1, 2021.