PENALTY FOR FALSE REPORT S.B. 155: FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 155 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Cameron S. Brown
Committee: Families and Human Services
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to include in the sentencing guidelines making a false report that initiated a special investigation (as Senate Bill 97 would prohibit). The offense would be a Class F felony against public order, with a statutory maximum of four years' imprisonment.
Senate Bill 155 is tie-barred to Senate Bill 97, which would require a child care organization to notify the parents or guardians of certain children in its care if it were the subject of a high-risk special investigation by the Department of Human Services, and would establish criminal penalties for making a false report that led to a special investigation requiring notice under the bill.
MCL 777.15g Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no data to indicate how many offenders would be convicted of the proposed offense. An offender convicted of the Class F offense would receive a sentencing guidelines minimum sentence range of 0-3 months to 17-30 months. Local governments would incur the costs of misdemeanor probation and incarceration in local facilities, which vary by county. The State would incur 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 $31,000. Additional penal fine revenue would benefit public libraries.
Date Completed: 2-12-07 Fiscal Analyst: Lindsay Hollander
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. sb155/0708