Substitute For

HOUSE BILL NO. 4143

"The Michigan penal code,"

by amending section 139 (MCL 750.139), as amended by 1998 PA 510.

The people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 139. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a child under 16 18 years of age while under arrest, confinement, or conviction for any a crime , shall must not be placed in any an apartment or cell of any a prison or place of confinement with any adult 1 or more adults who is are under arrest, confinement, or conviction for any a crime, or be permitted to remain in any court room during the trial of adults, or be transported in any a vehicle of transportation in company used to transport inmates with adults charged with or convicted of a crime.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to prisoners being transported to or from, or confined in a youth correctional facility operated by the department of corrections or a private vendor under section 20g of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g.

(3) All cases involving the commitment or trial of children under 16 18 years of age for any crime or misdemeanor, before any court, shall must be heard and determined by the court at a suitable time, to be designated by it, designated by the court, separate and apart from the trial of other criminal cases.

(4) Any A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October 1, 2021.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 4140.

(b) House Bill No. 4145.