FALSE ABDUCTION REPORT S.B. 134: FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 134 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Nancy Cassis
Committee: Judiciary
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to include a false report of a child abduction in the sentencing guidelines. The offense would be a Class F felony against the public order, with a statutory maximum sentence of four years' imprisonment, as proposed by Senate Bill 74.
Senate Bill 134 is tie-barred to Senate Bill 74, which would prohibit intentionally making a false report of a child abduction or causing a false report to be made.
MCL 777.11b Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill, together with Senate Bill 74, 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. sb134/0506