SENATE BILL No. 1122

 

 

March 8, 2006, Introduced by Senator SANBORN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

 

"Corrections code of 1953,"

 

by amending section 36 (MCL 791.236), as amended by 2003 PA 75, and

 

by adding section 7b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7b. The department shall receive and record the data

 

provided by global positioning devices required for certain

 

parolees under section 36(14) and certain probationers under

 

section 3(1)(h) of chapter XI of the code of criminal procedure,

 

1927 PA 175, MCL 771.3. The department shall create and maintain a

 

database that shows the location of each of those parolees at any

 

time during the term of his or her parole. Upon request by a local,

 

state, or federal law enforcement agency, the department shall

 

provide information from the database for the purpose of


 

correlating a parolee's location with the location of a crime scene

 

under investigation. The department also shall use the database to

 

determine whether a parolee has violated any condition of parole

 

prohibiting the parolee from being in 1 or more designated areas.

 

     Sec. 36. (1) All paroles shall be ordered by the parole board

 

and shall be signed by the chairperson. Written notice of the order

 

shall be given to the sheriff or other police officer of the

 

municipality or county in which the prisoner was convicted, and to

 

the sheriff or other local police officer of the municipality or

 

county to which the paroled prisoner is sent.

 

     (2) A parole order may be amended or rescinded at the

 

discretion of the parole board for cause. If a paroled prisoner who

 

is required to register pursuant to the sex offenders registration

 

act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to  28.732  28.736, willfully violates

 

that act, the parole board shall rescind the parole. If a prisoner

 

convicted of violating or conspiring to violate section

 

7401(2)(a)(i) or (ii) or 7403(2)(a)(i) or (ii) of the public health

 

code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 and 333.7403, is released on parole

 

and violates or conspires to violate article 7 of the public health

 

code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 to 333.7545, and that violation or

 

conspiracy to violate is punishable by imprisonment for 4 or more

 

years, or commits a violent felony during his or her release on

 

parole, parole shall be rescinded.

 

     (3) A parole shall not be rescinded unless an interview is

 

conducted by 1 member of the parole board. The purpose of the

 

interview is to consider and act upon information received by the

 

board after the original parole release decision. A rescission


 

interview shall be conducted within 45 days after receiving the new

 

information. At least 10 days before the interview, the parolee

 

shall receive a copy or summary of the new evidence that is the

 

basis for the interview. An amendment to a parole order shall be in

 

writing and is not effective until notice of the amendment is given

 

to the parolee.

 

     (4) When a parole order is issued, the order shall contain the

 

conditions of the parole and shall specifically provide proper

 

means of supervision of the paroled prisoner in accordance with the

 

rules of the bureau of field services.

 

     (5) The parole order shall contain a condition to pay

 

restitution to the victim of the prisoner's crime or the victim's

 

estate if the prisoner was ordered to make restitution pursuant to

 

the William Van Regenmorter crime victim's rights act, 1985 PA 87,

 

MCL 780.751 to 780.834, or the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA

 

175, MCL 760.1 to 777.69.

 

     (6) The parole order shall contain a condition requiring the

 

parolee to pay a parole supervision fee as prescribed in section

 

36a.

 

     (7) The parole order shall contain a condition requiring the

 

parolee to pay any assessment the prisoner was ordered to pay

 

pursuant to section 5 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.905.

 

     (8) The parole order shall contain a condition requiring the

 

parolee to pay the minimum state cost prescribed by section 1j of

 

chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.1j, if the minimum state cost has not been paid.

 

     (9) If the parolee is required to be registered under the sex


 

offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to  28.732  

 

28.736, the parole order shall contain a condition requiring the

 

parolee to comply with that act.

 

     (10) If a prisoner convicted of violating or conspiring to

 

violate section 7401(2)(a)(i) or (ii) or 7403(2)(a)(i) or (ii) of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 and 333.7403, is

 

released on parole, the parole order shall contain a notice that if

 

the parolee violates or conspires to violate article 7 of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 to 333.7545, and that

 

violation or conspiracy to violate is punishable by imprisonment

 

for 4 or more years, or commits a violent felony during his or her

 

release on parole, parole shall be rescinded.

 

     (11) A parole order issued for a prisoner subject to

 

disciplinary time may contain a condition requiring the parolee to

 

be housed in a community corrections center or a community

 

residential home for not less than the first 30 days but not more

 

than the first 180 days of his or her term of parole. As used in

 

this subsection, "community corrections center" and "community

 

residential home" mean those terms as defined in section 65a.

 

     (12) The parole order shall contain a condition requiring the

 

parolee to pay the following amounts owed by the prisoner, if

 

applicable:

 

     (a) The balance of filing fees and costs ordered to be paid

 

under section 2963 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA

 

236, MCL 600.2963.

 

     (b) The balance of any filing fee ordered to be paid by a

 

federal court under section 1915 of title 28 of the United States


 

Code, 28  U.S.C.  USC 1915 and any unpaid order of costs assessed

 

against the prisoner.

 

     (13) In each case in which payment of restitution is ordered

 

as a condition of parole, a parole officer assigned to a case shall

 

review the case not less than twice yearly to ensure that

 

restitution is being paid as ordered. The final review shall be

 

conducted not less than 60 days before the expiration of the parole

 

period. If the parole officer determines that restitution is not

 

being paid as ordered, the parole officer shall file a written

 

report of the violation with the parole board on a form prescribed

 

by the parole board. The report shall include a statement of the

 

amount of arrearage and any reasons for the arrearage known by the

 

parole officer. The parole board shall immediately provide a copy

 

of the report to the court, the prosecuting attorney, and the

 

victim.

 

     (14) If a parolee is required to register pursuant to the sex

 

offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28.721 to  28.732, the  

 

28.736, both of the following apply:

 

     (a) The parole officer shall register the parolee as provided

 

in that act.

 

     (b) The parolee shall be required to be monitored by a global

 

positioning device for the term of his or her parole, which shall

 

be used to collect information as described in section 7b.

 

     (15) If the parole order contains a condition intended to

 

protect 1 or more named persons, the department shall enter those

 

provisions of the parole order into the corrections management

 

information system, accessible by the law enforcement information


 

network. If the parole board rescinds a parole order described in

 

this subsection, the department within 3 business days shall remove

 

from the corrections management information system the provisions

 

of that parole order.

 

     (16) As used in this section, "violent felony" means an

 

offense against a person in violation of section 82, 83, 84, 86,

 

87, 88, 89, 316, 317, 321, 349, 349a, 350, 397, 520b, 520c, 520d,

 

520e, 520g, 529, 529a, or 530 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA

 

328, MCL 750.82, 750.83, 750.84, 750.86, 750.87, 750.88, 750.89,

 

750.316, 750.317, 750.321, 750.349, 750.349a, 750.350, 750.397,

 

750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, 750.520g, 750.529,

 

750.529a, and 750.530.