Act No. 312
Public Acts of 2006
Approved by the Governor
July 18, 2006
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 20, 2006
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2006
STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
Introduced by Senators Jelinek, Goschka, Brown, Cropsey, McManus and Barcia
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1185
AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled "An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of such courts, and of the judges and other officers thereof; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in said courts; pleading, evidence, practice and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in said courts; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," (MCL600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 2922c.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 2922c. The court shall award the payment of actual attorney fees and costs to an individual who is sued for civil damages for allegedly using deadly force or force other than deadly force against another individual if the court determines that the individual used deadly force or force other than deadly force in compliance with section 2 of the self-defense act and that the individual is immune from civil liability under section 2922b.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2006.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 1046.
(b) House Bill No. 5142.
(c) House Bill No. 5143.
(d) House Bill No. 5153.
(e) House Bill No. 5548.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor