Act No. 43

Public Acts of 2020

Approved by the Governor

March 3, 2020

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 3, 2020

EFFECTIVE DATE:  March 3, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2020

Introduced by Rep. Calley

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5118

AN ACT to amend 2016 PA 343, entitled “An act to provide compensation and other relief for individuals wrongfully imprisoned for crimes; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and agencies; to provide remedies; and to make an appropriation,” by amending section 7 (MCL 691.1757).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 7. (1) An action for compensation under this act must be commenced within 3 years after entry of a verdict, order, or judgment as the result of an event described in section 4(1)(b). Any action by this state challenging or appealing a verdict, order, or judgment entered as the result of an event described in section 4(1)(b) tolls the 3‑year period.

(2) An individual convicted, imprisoned, and released from custody before March 29, 2017 must commence an action under this act within 18 months after the effective date of the 2020 amendatory act that amended this section.

 

Enacting section 1. Section 7 of the wrongful imprisonment compensation act, 2016 PA 343, MCL 691.1757, as amended by this amendatory act, applies retroactively to March 29, 2017.

 

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) Senate Bill No. 68.

(b) House Bill No. 5117.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor