August 24, 2010, Introduced by Senator HUNTER and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1989 PA 196, entitled
"An act to abolish the criminal assessments commission; to
prescribe certain duties of the crime victim services commission;
to create the crime victim's rights fund; to provide for
expenditures from the fund; to provide for assessments against
criminal defendants and certain juvenile offenders; to provide for
payment of crime victim's rights services; and to prescribe the
powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and
departments,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 780.904), as amended by 2008 PA 396.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) The crime victim's rights fund is created as a
separate fund in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall
credit to the fund all amounts received under this act and as
provided by law. The state treasurer shall invest fund money in the
same manner as surplus funds are invested under section 3 of 1855
PA 105, MCL 21.143. Earnings from the fund shall be credited to the
fund.
(2) The fund shall be expended only as provided in this act.
Amounts in the fund in excess of the necessary revenue determined
by
the commission under section 3(a) may shall remain in the fund
and shall only be used for crime victim compensation under 1976 PA
223,
MCL 18.351 to 18.368. Before October 1, 2009, any additional
excess
revenue that has not been used for crime victim compensation
may
be used to provide any of the following services:
(a)
The operation and enhancement of the sex offender registry
compiled
and maintained under the sex offenders registration act,
1994
PA 295, MCL 28.721 to 28.736.
(b)
The Amber alert program under the Michigan Amber alert
act,
2002 PA 712, MCL 28.751 to 28.754.
(c)
Treatment services for victims of conduct prohibited under
sections
520b to 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL
750.520b
to 750.520g.
(d)
Polygraph examination as that term is defined under
section
2 of the polygraph protection act of 1981, 1982 PA 44, MCL
37.202.
(e)
The expert witness testimony of a forensic scientist.