REQUIRE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL

COUNCIL

House Bill 4974

Sponsor: Rep. Judith Scranton

Committee: Local Government and

Urban Policy

Complete to 10-21-99

A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4974 AS INTRODUCED 10-12-99

House Bill 4974 would amend Public Act 232 of 1953, which codifies the laws relating to probationers and also concerns the siting of correctional facilities, to require that one member of the citizens' council for a community corrections center be an elected official of the city, village, or township where the community corrections center is located.

Currently, the legislative body of a city, village, or township in which a community corrections center is located may form a five-member citizens' council by sending written notice of its intention to do so to the board of county commissioners. Within 30 days after receiving the notice, the board of commissioners (or the county executive with the concurrence of the commissioners in those counties that have county executives) must appoint five members to the council, three of whom must be residents of the city, village, or township in which the community corrections center is located. The remaining two members need not be residents of the jurisdiction, by they must be residents of the county.

Under the bill, a board or commission that has authority over the placement or operation of a community corrections center or other community facility that houses prisoners, or that has the authority to advise the department on those issues, would be required to have at least one member who is a local elected official of the city, village, or township in which the center or facility is located.

MCL 791.265i and 791.265j

Analyst: J. Hunault