SENATE BILL No. 448

 

 

May 1, 2003, Introduced by Senators GARCIA and CROPSEY and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The code of criminal procedure,"                                           

                                                                                

    by amending section 3 of chapter XI (MCL 771.3), as amended by              

                                                                                

    1998 PA 520.                                                                

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1                               CHAPTER XI                                      

                                                                                

2       Sec. 3.  (1) The sentence of probation shall include all of                 

                                                                                

3   the following conditions:                                                   

                                                                                

4       (a) During the term of his or her probation, the probationer                

                                                                                

5   shall not violate any criminal law of this state, the United                

                                                                                

6   States, or another state or any ordinance of any municipality in            

                                                                                

7   this state or another state.                                                

                                                                                

8       (b) During the term of his or her probation, the probationer                

                                                                                

9   shall not leave the state without the consent of the court                  

                                                                                

10  granting his or her application for probation.                              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (c) The probationer shall report to the probation officer,                  

                                                                                

2   either in person or in writing, monthly or as often as the                  

                                                                                

3   probation officer requires.  This subdivision does not apply to a           

                                                                                

4   juvenile placed on probation and committed under section 1(3) or            

                                                                                

5   (4) of chapter IX to an institution or agency described in the              

                                                                                

6   youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to              

                                                                                

7   803.309.                                                                    

                                                                                

8       (d) If convicted of a felony, the probationer shall pay a                   

                                                                                

9   probation supervision fee as prescribed in section 3c of this               

                                                                                

10  chapter.                                                                    

                                                                                

11      (e) The probationer shall pay restitution to the victim of                  

                                                                                

12  the defendant's course of conduct giving rise to the conviction             

                                                                                

13  or to the victim's estate as provided in chapter IX.  An order              

                                                                                

14  for payment of restitution may be modified and shall be enforced            

                                                                                

15  as provided in chapter IX.                                                  

                                                                                

16      (f) The probationer shall pay an assessment ordered under                   

                                                                                

17  section 5 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.905.                                      

                                                                                

18      (g) The probationer shall pay the minimum state cost                        

                                                                                

19  prescribed by section 1j of chapter IX.                                     

                                                                                

20      (h)  (g)  If the probationer is required to be registered                   

                                                                                

21  under the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721           

                                                                                

22  to 28.732, the probationer shall comply with that act.                      

                                                                                

23      (2) As a condition of probation, the court may require the                  

                                                                                

24  probationer to do 1 or more of the following:                               

                                                                                

25      (a) Be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 12                   

                                                                                

26  months, at the time or intervals, which may be consecutive or               

                                                                                

27  nonconsecutive, within the probation as the court determines.               


                                                                                

1   However, the period of confinement shall not exceed the maximum             

                                                                                

2   period of imprisonment provided for the offense charged if the              

                                                                                

3   maximum period is less than 12 months.  The court may permit day            

                                                                                

4   parole as authorized under 1962 PA 60, MCL 801.251 to 801.258.              

                                                                                

5   The court may permit a work or school release from jail.  This              

                                                                                

6   subdivision does not apply to a juvenile placed on probation and            

                                                                                

7   committed under section 1(3) or (4) of chapter IX to an                     

                                                                                

8   institution or agency described in the youth rehabilitation                 

                                                                                

9   services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to 803.309.                          

                                                                                

10      (b) Pay immediately or within the period of his or her                      

                                                                                

11  probation a fine imposed when placed on probation.                          

                                                                                

12      (c) Pay costs pursuant to subsection  (4)  (6).                             

                                                                                

13      (d) Pay any assessment ordered by the court other than an                   

                                                                                

14  assessment described in subsection (1)(f).                                  

                                                                                

15      (e) Engage in community service.                                            

                                                                                

16      (f) Agree to pay by wage assignment any restitution,                        

                                                                                

17  assessment, fine, or cost imposed by the court.                             

                                                                                

18      (g) Participate in inpatient or outpatient drug treatment.                  

                                                                                

19      (h) Participate in mental health treatment.                                 

                                                                                

20      (i) Participate in mental health or substance abuse                         

                                                                                

21  counseling.                                                                 

                                                                                

22      (j) Participate in a community corrections program.                         

                                                                                

23      (k) Be under house arrest.                                                  

                                                                                

24                                                                               (l) Be subject to electronic monitoring.                                            

                                                                                

25      (m) Participate in a residential probation program.                         

                                                                                

26      (n) Satisfactorily complete a program of incarceration in a                 

                                                                                

27  special alternative incarceration unit as provided in section 3b            


                                                                                

1   of this chapter.                                                            

                                                                                

2       (o) Be subject to conditions reasonably necessary for the                   

                                                                                

3   protection of 1 or more named persons.                                      

                                                                                

4       (p) Reimburse the county for expenses incurred by the county                

                                                                                

5   in connection with the conviction for which probation was ordered           

                                                                                

6   as provided in the prisoner reimbursement to the county act, 1984           

                                                                                

7   PA 118, MCL 801.81 to 801.93.                                               

                                                                                

8       (3) Subsection (2) may be applied to a person who is placed                 

                                                                                

9   on probation for life pursuant to sections 1(4) and 2(3) of this            

                                                                                

10  chapter for the first 5 years of that probation.                            

                                                                                

11      (4) The court may impose other lawful conditions of probation               

                                                                                

12  as the circumstances of the case require or warrant or as in its            

                                                                                

13  judgment are proper.                                                        

                                                                                

14      (5) If an order or amended order of probation contains a                    

                                                                                

15  condition for the protection of 1 or more named persons as                  

                                                                                

16  provided in subsection (2)(o), the court or a law enforcement               

                                                                                

17  agency within the court's jurisdiction shall enter the order or             

                                                                                

18  amended order into the law enforcement information network.  If             

                                                                                

19  the court rescinds the order or amended order or the condition,             

                                                                                

20  the court shall remove the order or amended order or the                    

                                                                                

21  condition from the law enforcement information network or notify            

                                                                                

22  that law enforcement agency and the law enforcement agency shall            

                                                                                

23  remove the order or amended order or the condition from the law             

                                                                                

24  enforcement information network.                                            

                                                                                

25      (6) If the court requires the probationer to pay costs, the                 

                                                                                

26  costs shall be limited to expenses specifically incurred in                 

                                                                                

27  prosecuting the defendant or providing legal assistance to the              


                                                                                

1   defendant and supervision of the probationer.                               

                                                                                

2       (7) If the court imposes costs as part of a sentence of                     

                                                                                

3   probation, all of the following apply:                                      

                                                                                

4       (a) The court shall not require a probationer to pay costs                  

                                                                                

5   unless the probationer is or will be able to pay them during the            

                                                                                

6   term of probation.  In determining the amount and method of                 

                                                                                

7   payment of costs, the court shall take into account the                     

                                                                                

8   probationer's financial resources and the nature of the burden              

                                                                                

9   that payment of costs will impose, with due regard to his or her            

                                                                                

10  other obligations.                                                          

                                                                                

11      (b) A probationer who is required to pay costs and who is not               

                                                                                

12  in willful default of the payment of the costs may petition the             

                                                                                

13  sentencing judge or his or her successor at any time for a                  

                                                                                

14  remission of the payment of any unpaid portion of those costs.              

                                                                                

15  If the court determines that payment of the amount due will                 

                                                                                

16  impose a manifest hardship on the probationer or his or her                 

                                                                                

17  immediate family, the court may remit all or part of the amount             

                                                                                

18  due in costs or modify the method of payment.                               

                                                                                

19      (8) If a probationer is required to pay costs as part of a                  

                                                                                

20  sentence of probation, the court may require payment to be made             

                                                                                

21  immediately or the court may provide for payment to be made                 

                                                                                

22  within a specified period of time or in specified installments.             

                                                                                

23      (9) If a probationer is ordered to pay costs as part of a                   

                                                                                

24  sentence of probation, compliance with that order shall be a                

                                                                                

25  condition of probation.  The court may revoke probation if the              

                                                                                

26  probationer fails to comply with the order and if the probationer           

                                                                                

27  has not made a good faith effort to comply with the order.  In              


                                                                                

1   determining whether to revoke probation, the court shall consider           

                                                                                

2   the probationer's employment status, earning ability, and                   

                                                                                

3   financial resources, the willfulness of the probationer's failure           

                                                                                

4   to pay, and any other special circumstances that may have a                 

                                                                                

5   bearing on the probationer's ability to pay.  The proceedings               

                                                                                

6   provided for in this subsection are in addition to those provided           

                                                                                

7   in section 4 of this chapter.                                               

                                                                                

8       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

                                                                                

9   October 1, 2003.