HOUSE BILL No. 6517

September 24, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Simpson, Brown, Angerer, Valentine, Condino, Griffin, Donigan, Wojno, Warren, Byrnes, Alma Smith, Bauer, Hammel, Kathleen Law, Dean, Hammon, Meadows and Spade and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 1076 (MCL 600.1076), as added by 2004 PA 224.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1076. (1) Upon completion or termination of the drug

 

treatment court program, the court shall find on the record or

 

place a written statement in the court file as to whether the

 

participant completed the program successfully or whether the

 

individual's participation in the program was terminated and, if it

 

was terminated, the reason for the termination.

 

     (2) For a participant who successfully completes probation or

 

other court supervision and whose proceedings were deferred or who

 


was sentenced pursuant to under section 1070, the court shall

 

comply with the agreement made with the participant upon admission

 

into the drug treatment court, or the agreement as it was altered

 

after admission by the court with approval of the participant and

 

the prosecutor for that jurisdiction as provided in subsections (3)

 

to (8).

 

     (3) If an individual is participating in a drug treatment

 

court under section 11 of chapter II of the code of criminal

 

procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 762.11, section 7411 of the public

 

health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7411, section 4a of chapter IX of

 

the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.4a, section

 

350a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.350a, or

 

section 430 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.430,

 

the court shall proceed pursuant to the applicable section of law.

 

There may only be 1 discharge or dismissal under this subsection.

 

     (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the court, with the

 

agreement of the prosecutor and in conformity with the terms and

 

conditions of the memorandum of understanding under section 1062,

 

may discharge and dismiss the proceedings against an individual who

 

meets all of the following criteria:

 

     (a) The individual has participated in a drug treatment court

 

for the first time.

 

     (b) The individual has successfully completed the terms and

 

conditions of the drug treatment court program.

 

     (c) The individual is not required by law to be sentenced to a

 

correctional facility for the crimes to which he or she has pled

 

guilty.

 


     (d) The individual is not currently charged with and has not

 

pled guilty to a traffic offense.

 

     (e) The individual has not previously been subject to more

 

than 1 of any of the following:

 

     (i) Assignment to the status of youthful trainee under section

 

11 of chapter II of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175,

 

MCL 762.11.

 

     (ii) The dismissal of criminal proceedings against him or her

 

under section 7411 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.7411, section 4a of chapter IX of the code of criminal

 

procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.4a, section 350a of the Michigan

 

penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.350a, or section 430 of the

 

Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.430.

 

     (5) The court may grant a discharge and dismissal of a

 

domestic violence offense only if all of the following

 

circumstances apply:

 

     (a) The individual has not previously had proceedings

 

dismissed under section 4a of chapter IX of the code of criminal

 

procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.4a.

 

     (b) The domestic violence offense is eligible to be dismissed

 

under section 4a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure,

 

1927 PA 175, MCL 769.4a.

 

     (c) The individual fulfills the terms and conditions imposed

 

under section 4a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure,

 

1927 PA 175, MCL 769.4a, and the discharge and dismissal of

 

proceedings are processed and reported under section 4a of chapter

 

IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.4a.

 


     (6) A discharge and dismissal under subsection (4) shall be

 

without adjudication of guilt or, for a juvenile, without

 

adjudication of responsibility and except as provided in section

 

4a(5) of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175,

 

MCL 769.4a, are not a conviction or a finding of responsibility for

 

purposes of this section or for purposes of disqualifications or

 

disabilities imposed by law upon conviction of a crime or, for a

 

juvenile, a finding of responsibility. There may only be 1

 

discharge and dismissal under subsection (4) for an individual. The

 

court shall send a record of the discharge and dismissal to the

 

criminal justice information center of the department of state

 

police, and the department of state police shall enter that

 

information into the law enforcement information network with an

 

indication of participation by the individual in a drug treatment

 

court. All records of the proceedings regarding the participation

 

of the individual in the drug treatment court pursuant to under

 

subsection (4) are closed to public inspection, and are exempt from

 

public disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA

 

442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, but shall be open to the courts of this

 

state, another state, or the United States, the department of

 

corrections, law enforcement personnel, and prosecutors only for

 

use in the performance of their duties or to determine whether an

 

employee of the court, department, law enforcement agency, or

 

prosecutor's office has violated his or her conditions of

 

employment or whether an applicant meets criteria for employment

 

with the court, department, law enforcement agency, or prosecutor's

 

office. The records and identifications division of the department

 


of state police shall retain a nonpublic record of an arrest and

 

the discharge and dismissal under this subsection.

 

     (7) Except as provided in subsection (3), (4), or (5), if an

 

individual has successfully completed probation or other court

 

supervision, the court shall do the following:

 

     (a) If the court has not already entered an adjudication of

 

guilt or responsibility, enter an adjudication of guilt or, in the

 

case of a juvenile, enter a finding or adjudication of

 

responsibility.

 

     (b) If the court has not already sentenced the individual,

 

proceed to sentencing or, in the case of a juvenile, disposition

 

pursuant to the agreement.

 

     (c) Send a record of the conviction and sentence or the

 

finding or adjudication of responsibility and disposition to the

 

criminal justice information center of the department of state

 

police. The department of state police shall enter that information

 

into the law enforcement information network with an indication of

 

successful participation by the individual in a drug treatment

 

court.

 

     (8) For a participant whose participation is terminated or who

 

fails to successfully complete the drug treatment court program,

 

the court shall enter an adjudication of guilt, or, in the case of

 

a juvenile, a finding of responsibility, if the entering of guilt

 

or adjudication of responsibility was deferred pursuant to under

 

section 1070, and shall then proceed to sentencing or disposition

 

of the individual for the original charges to which the individual

 

pled guilty or, if a juvenile, to which the juvenile admitted

 


responsibility prior to admission to the drug treatment court. Upon

 

sentencing or disposition of the individual, the court shall send a

 

record of that sentence or disposition and the individual's

 

unsuccessful participation in the drug treatment court to the

 

criminal justice information center of the department of state

 

police, and the department of state police shall enter that

 

information into the law enforcement information network, with an

 

indication that the individual unsuccessfully participated in a

 

drug treatment court.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6522(request no.

 

06312'08 *).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6516(request no.

 

06312'08 a *).