DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;

INTERIM BOND

House Bill 4716

Sponsor: Rep. Patricia Godchaux

Committee: Criminal Law and Corrections

Complete to 10-1-99

A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4716 AS INTRODUCED 5-19-99

House Bill 4716 would amend Public Act 44 of 1961, which provides for the release of misdemeanor prisoners (the interim bond act, MCL 780.582a), to expand the circumstances under which a person who was arrested for a misdemeanor could not be released on his or her own recognizance or on an interim bond set by a peace officer. A person who was arrested, either with or without a warrant, for misdemeanor assault, spousal or domestic assault, or substantially similar local laws would have to be held until he or she could be arraigned or a judge or magistrate could set an interim bond. This would also apply to a person who had been arrested under a warrant for violating a local ordinance that was substantially similar to the state's misdemeanor assault law and where the victim was that person's spouse, former spouse, had a child in common with the person who committed the assault, or resides or resided in the same household. In addition, if the judge or district court magistrate set an interim bond for such a defendant, the defendant could only be released subject to the condition that he or she not have or attempt to have any contact of any kind with the victim.