March 20, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Calley, David Law, LaJoy, Wenke, Pastor, Rick Jones, Hune, Horn, Huizenga, Gaffney, Robertson, Knollenberg, Garfield, Meltzer, Pearce, Hansen, Agema, Pavlov, Nofs, Acciavatti, Sheen, Shaffer, Casperson, Stahl, Marleau, Meekhof, Amos, Emmons, Moss, Schuitmaker, Palmer, Stakoe, Virgil Smith, DeRoche, Opsommer and Brandenburg and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 2977.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2977. If an elected official of a municipality has been
convicted of a criminal act and if the criminal act has caused the
municipality to sustain a pecuniary loss because of a civil
judgment or settlement of a civil action, the municipality may
bring a civil action against the elected official to recover the
loss sustained by the municipality.