HOUSE BILL No. 4458


     March 6, 1997, Introduced by Reps. McManus, Wallace, Goschka, McBryde, Jelinek, Jaye, Prusi, Tesanovich, Hammerstrom, Green and Jansen and referred to the Committee on Corrections.


        A bill to amend 1846 RS 171, entitled

   "Of county jails and the regulation thereof,"

   (MCL 801.1 to 801.27) by adding section 7a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 7A.  (1) AN INMATE SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE VISITS

 2    WITH A MINOR WHO IS LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE UNLESS THE MINOR'S

 3    PARENT OR GUARDIAN GIVES WRITTEN PERMISSION FOR THE VISIT.

 4         (2) THE COUNTY SHERIFF MAY COMPILE A LIST, FOR EACH INMATE,

 5    IDENTIFYING THOSE MINORS FOR WHOM WRITTEN PERMISSION FOR VISITS

 6    WITH THAT INMATE HAS BEEN GRANTED, IN WHICH CASE PERMISSION FOR

 7    THE MINOR TO VISIT THAT INMATE MAY REMAIN VALID UNTIL REVOKED BY

 8    THE SHERIFF OR THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN.

 9         (3) THIS SECTION DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT ANY INMATE VISIT BE

10    ALLOWED IF THAT VISIT IS DISALLOWED BY ANOTHER STATUTE OR BY A

11    RULE OR GUIDELINE APPLICABLE TO COUNTY JAILS.


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