Act No. 568

Public Acts of 2004

Approved by the Governor

January 3, 2005

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 3, 2005

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2005

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor

STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

Introduced by Reps. Hart, Lipsey, Murphy, Gillard, Brown, Sheltrown and Anderson

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5262

AN ACT to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, codify and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties therefor; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at such trials; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act," (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 161a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 161a. Prosecution shall not be initiated against an individual under section 161, 165, 167(1)(a), or 167(2) for failure or refusal to pay child support while the individual has amnesty for that child support arrearage under section3b of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.233b.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4654 of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect June 1, 2005.