FALSE ABDUCTION REPORT S.B. 74: FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 74 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Mike Goschka
Committee: Judiciary
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Michigan Amber Alert Act to prohibit a person from intentionally making a false report of the abduction of a child, or intentionally causing a false report of a child abduction to be made, to a peace officer, State or local police agency, 9-1-1 operator, or any other governmental employee or contractor who was authorized to receive the report, knowing the report to be false. A violation would be a felony punishable by up to four years' imprisonment and/or a maximum fine of $2,000.
Proposed MCL 28.754 Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill, together with Senate Bill 134, would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on State and local government. There are no data to indicate how many offenders would be convicted of the proposed felony. An offender convicted of a Class F offense is eligible for a sentencing guidelines minimum sentence range from 0-3 months to 17-30 months. Local governments incur the costs of local incarceration, which vary by county. The State incurs the cost of felony probation at an average annual cost of $2,000, as well as the cost of incarceration in a State facility at an average annual cost of $28,000.
Date Completed: 3-9-05 Fiscal Analyst: Bethany Wicksall
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb74/0506