SENATE BILL No. 1469

 

 

August 24, 2010, Introduced by Senators HUNTER and BASHAM and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1985 PA 87, entitled

 

"William Van Regenmorter crime victim's rights act,"

 

by amending sections 16a, 44a, and 76a (MCL 780.766a, 780.794a, and

 

780.826a), as amended by 2006 PA 461.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16a. (1) If a person is subject to any combination of

 

fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or parole

 

supervision fees, or other payments arising out of the same

 

criminal proceeding, money collected from that person for the

 

payment of fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or

 

parole supervision fees, or other payments ordered to be paid in

 

that proceeding shall be allocated as provided in this section. If

 

a person is subject to fines, costs, restitution, assessments,

 

probation or parole supervision fees, or other payments in more

 


than 1 proceeding in a court and if a person making a payment on

 

the fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or parole

 

supervision fees, or other payments does not indicate the

 

proceeding for which the payment is made, the court shall first

 

apply the money paid to a proceeding in which there is unpaid

 

restitution to be allocated as provided in this section.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a

 

person is subject to payment of victim payments and any combination

 

of other fines, costs, assessments, probation or parole supervision

 

fees, or other payments, 50% 100% of each payment collected by the

 

court from that person shall be applied to payment of victim

 

payments. , and the balance shall be applied to payment of fines,

 

costs, supervision fees, and other assessments or payments. If a

 

person making a payment indicates that the payment is to be applied

 

to victim payments, or if the payment is received as a result of a

 

wage assignment under section 16 or from the department of

 

corrections or sheriff under section 17a, the payment shall first

 

be applied to victim payments. If any fines, costs, supervision

 

fees, or other assessments or payments remain unpaid after all of

 

the victim payments have been paid, any additional money collected

 

shall be applied to payment of those fines, costs, supervision

 

fees, or other assessments or payments. If any victim payments

 

remain unpaid after all of the fines, costs, supervision fees, or

 

other assessments or payments have been paid, any additional money

 

collected shall be applied to payment of those victim payments.

 

     (3) In cases involving prosecutions for violations of state

 

law, money allocated under subsection (2) for payment of fines,

 


costs, probation and parole supervision fees, and assessments or

 

payments other than victim payments shall be applied in the

 

following order of priority:

 

     (a) Payment of the minimum state cost prescribed by section 1j

 

of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.1j.

 

     (b) Payment of other costs.

 

     (c) Payment of fines.

 

     (d) Payment of probation or parole supervision fees.

 

     (e) Payment of assessments and other payments, including

 

reimbursement to third parties who reimbursed a victim for his or

 

her loss.

 

     (4) In cases involving prosecutions for violations of local

 

ordinances, money allocated under subsection (2) for payment of

 

fines, costs, and assessments or payments other than victim

 

payments shall be applied in the following order of priority:

 

     (a) Payment of the minimum state cost prescribed by section 1j

 

of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.1j.

 

     (b) Payment of fines and other costs.

 

     (c) Payment of assessments and other payments.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "victim payment" means

 

restitution ordered to be paid to the victim or the victim's

 

estate, but not to a person who reimbursed the victim for his or

 

her loss; or an assessment ordered under section 5 of 1989 PA 196,

 

MCL 780.905.

 

     Sec. 44a. (1) If a juvenile is subject to any combination of

 


fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or parole

 

supervision fees, or other payments arising out of the same

 

criminal proceeding, money collected from that juvenile for the

 

payment of fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or

 

parole supervision fees, or other payments ordered to be paid in

 

that proceeding shall be allocated as provided in this section. If

 

a person is subject to fines, costs, restitution, assessments,

 

probation or parole supervision fees, or other payments in more

 

than 1 proceeding in a court and if a person making a payment on

 

the fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or parole

 

supervision fees, or other payments does not indicate the

 

proceeding for which the payment is made, the court shall first

 

apply the money paid to a proceeding in which there is unpaid

 

restitution to be allocated as provided in this section.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a

 

juvenile is subject to payment of victim payments and any

 

combination of other fines, costs, assessments, probation or parole

 

supervision fees, or other payments, 50% 100% of each payment

 

collected by the court from that juvenile shall be applied to

 

payment of victim payments. , and the balance shall be applied to

 

payment of fines, costs, supervision fees, and other assessments or

 

payments. If a person making a payment indicates that the payment

 

is to be applied to victim payments, or if the payment is received

 

as a result of a wage assignment under section 44 or from the

 

department of corrections, sheriff, department of human services,

 

or county juvenile agency under section 46b, the payment shall

 

first be applied to victim payments. If any fines, costs,

 


supervision fees, or other assessments or payments remain unpaid

 

after all of the victim payments have been paid, any additional

 

money collected shall be applied to payment of those fines, costs,

 

supervision fees, or other assessments or payments. If any victim

 

payments remain unpaid after all of the fines, costs, supervision

 

fees, or other assessments or payments have been paid, any

 

additional money collected shall be applied to payment of those

 

victim payments.

 

     (3) In cases involving prosecutions for violations of state

 

law, money allocated under subsection (2) for payment of fines,

 

costs, probation and parole supervision fees, and assessments or

 

payments other than victim payments shall be applied in the

 

following order of priority:

 

     (a) Payment of the minimum state cost prescribed by section 1j

 

of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.1j.

 

     (b) Payment of other costs.

 

     (c) Payment of fines.

 

     (d) Payment of probation or parole supervision fees.

 

     (e) Payment of assessments and other payments, including

 

reimbursement to third parties who reimbursed a victim for his or

 

her loss.

 

     (4) In cases involving prosecutions for violations of local

 

ordinances, money allocated under subsection (2) for payment of

 

fines, costs, and assessments or payments other than victim

 

payments shall be applied in the following order of priority:

 

     (a) Payment of the minimum state cost prescribed by section 1j

 


of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.1j.

 

     (b) Payment of fines and other costs.

 

     (c) Payment of assessments and other payments.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "victim payment" means

 

restitution ordered to be paid to the victim or the victim's

 

estate, but not to a person who reimbursed the victim for his or

 

her loss; or an assessment ordered under section 5 of 1989 PA 196,

 

MCL 780.905.

 

     Sec. 76a. (1) If a person is subject to any combination of

 

fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or parole

 

supervision fees, or other payments arising out of the same

 

criminal proceeding, money collected from that person for the

 

payment of fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or

 

parole supervision fees, or other payments ordered to be paid in

 

that proceeding shall be allocated as provided in this section. If

 

a person is subject to fines, costs, restitution, assessments,

 

probation or parole supervision fees, or other payments in more

 

than 1 proceeding in a court and if a person making a payment on

 

the fines, costs, restitution, assessments, probation or parole

 

supervision fees, or other payments does not indicate the

 

proceeding for which the payment is made, the court shall first

 

apply the money paid to a proceeding in which there is unpaid

 

restitution to be allocated as provided in this section.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a

 

person is subject to payment of victim payments and any combination

 

of other fines, costs, assessments, probation or parole supervision

 


fees, or other payments, 50% 100% of each payment collected by the

 

court from that person shall be applied to payment of victim

 

payments. , and the balance shall be applied to payment of fines,

 

costs, supervision fees, and other assessments or payments. If a

 

person making a payment indicates that the payment is to be applied

 

to victim payments, or if the payment is received as a result of a

 

wage assignment under section 76 or from the sheriff under section

 

80a, the payment shall first be applied to victim payments. If any

 

fines, costs, supervision fees, or other assessments or payments

 

remain unpaid after all of the victim payments have been paid, any

 

additional money collected shall be applied to payment of those

 

fines, costs, supervision fees, or other assessments or payments.

 

If any victim payments remain unpaid after all of the fines, costs,

 

supervision fees, or other assessments or payments have been paid,

 

any additional money collected shall be applied to payment of those

 

victim payments.

 

     (3) In cases involving prosecutions for violations of state

 

law, money allocated under subsection (2) for payment of fines,

 

costs, probation and parole supervision fees, and assessments or

 

payments other than victim payments shall be applied in the

 

following order of priority:

 

     (a) Payment of the minimum state cost prescribed by section 1j

 

of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.1j.

 

     (b) Payment of other costs.

 

     (c) Payment of fines.

 

     (d) Payment of probation or parole supervision fees.

 


     (e) Payment of assessments and other payments, including

 

reimbursement to third parties who reimbursed a victim for his or

 

her loss.

 

     (4) In cases involving prosecutions for violations of local

 

ordinances, money allocated under subsection (2) for payment of

 

fines, costs, and assessments or payments other than victim

 

payments shall be applied in the following order of priority:

 

     (a) Payment of the minimum state cost prescribed by section 1j

 

of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

769.1j.

 

     (b) Payment of fines and other costs.

 

     (c) Payment of assessments and other payments.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "victim payment" means

 

restitution ordered to be paid to the victim or the victim's

 

estate, but not to a person who reimbursed the victim for his or

 

her loss; or an assessment ordered under section 5 of 1989 PA 196,

 

MCL 780.905.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 1470.                                  

 

            

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 1471.