Act No. 243

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

June 28, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 30, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 30, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senators Van Woerkom and Cropsey

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1147

AN ACT to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and codify the laws relating to criminal procedure and to define the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of courts, judges, and other officers of the court under the provisions of this act; to provide laws relative to the rights of persons accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the arrest of persons charged with or suspected of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for bail of persons arrested for or accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the examination of persons accused of criminal offenses; to regulate the procedure relative to grand juries, indictments, informations, and proceedings before trial; to provide for trials of persons complained of or indicted for criminal offenses and ordinance violations and to provide for the procedure in those trials; to provide for judgments and sentences of persons convicted of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to establish a sentencing commission and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for procedure relating to new trials and appeals in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to provide a uniform system of probation throughout this state and the appointment of probation officers; to prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation of probation officers; to provide penalties for the violation of the duties of probation officers; to provide for procedure governing proceedings to prevent crime and proceedings for the discovery of crime; to provide for fees of officers, witnesses, and others in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to set forth miscellaneous provisions as to criminal procedure in certain cases; to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act," by amending section 16j of chapter XVII (MCL 777.16j), as added by 1998 PA 317.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

CHAPTER XVII

Sec. 16j. This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max

750.183 Pub saf E Aiding escaping prisoner 7

750.186a(1) Pub saf F Escape from a juvenile facility 4

750.189 Pub saf H Officer negligently allowing prisoner to escape or
refusing to receive prisoner 2

750.190 Pub saf G Officer receiving reward to assist or permit escape 2

750.193 Pub saf E Escape from prison 5

750.195(1) Pub saf H Escape from a misdemeanor jail sentence 2

750.195(2) Pub saf F Escape from a felony jail sentence 4

750.197(1) Pub saf H Escape while awaiting trial for misdemeanor 2

750.197(2) Pub saf F Escape while awaiting trial for felony 4

750.197c Pub saf F Escape from jail through violence 4

750.199(3) Pub saf F Harboring a person for whom felony warrant has been
issued 4

750.199a Pub ord F Absconding on or forfeiting bond 4

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 1146 of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor