SENATE BILL No. 936

December 11, 2001, Introduced by Senators BULLARD, VAN REGENMORTER,

SHUGARS, JOHNSON, MC MANUS, SIKKEMA, GOUGEON, HAMMERSTROM, NORTH, GARCIA, SANBORN, SCHUETTE, GOSCHKA, STEIL, SCHWARZ and

STILLE and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

"The code of criminal procedure,"

by amending section 19f of chapter VII (MCL 767.19f).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 CHAPTER VII

2 Sec. 19f. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law, it is

3 unlawful for any A person to SHALL NOT publish or make known

4 to any other person any testimony or exhibits obtained or used,

5 or any proceeding conducted, in connection with any grand jury

6 inquiry. Any A person violating the provisions of WHO

7 VIOLATES this section SUBSECTION is guilty of a misdemeanor

8 punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1

9 year or by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. The

10 provisions of this section respecting secrecy shall

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1 (2) SUBSECTION (1) DOES not apply to communications ANY OF

2 THE FOLLOWING:

3 (A) COMMUNICATIONS between prosecuting officers for the pur-

4 pose of presenting evidence before the grand jury, for the pur-

5 pose of reviewing evidence presented to the grand jury for pro-

6 spective prosecution, or for any other purpose involving the exe-

7 cution of a public duty. The provisions of this section shall

8 apply to

9 (B) COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN CASES

10 INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER LXXXIII-A OF THE MICHIGAN PENAL

11 CODE, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.543A TO 750.543Z.

12 (3) SUBSECTION (1) APPLIES TO, BUT ITS APPLICATION IS NOT

13 LIMITED TO, applications and petitions for and orders of immunity

14 and to any transcript of testimony which THAT may be delivered

15 to a witness pursuant to his being granted OR HER GRANT OF

16 immunity, except that the witness may be privileged to disclose

17 such application, petition, order, and transcript to his OR HER

18 attorney.

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