May 12, 2005, Introduced by Reps. David Law, Schuitmaker and Nofs and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 2003 PA 125, entitled
"Local corrections officers training act,"
by amending section 15 (MCL 791.545).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 15. (1) The local corrections officers training fund is
created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by
the council, which shall expend the fund only as provided in this
section.
(2) There shall be credited to the local corrections officer
training fund all revenue received from fees and civil fines
collected under section 4b of 1846 RS 171, MCL 801.4b, and funds
from any other source provided by law.
(3)
The council shall use the fund only to defray the costs
relating to the mandatory requirements of continuing education,
certification, recertification, decertification, and training of
local corrections officers as approved by the council under section
8; the personnel and administrative costs of the office, board, and
council; and other expenditures related to the mandatory
requirements of this act. Only counties that forward to the fund
100% of fees collected under section 4b of 1846 RS 171, MCL 801.4b,
are eligible to receive grants from the fund. A county that
receives funds from the council under this section shall use those
funds only for costs relating to the mandatory requirements of
continuing education, certification, recertification, and training
of local corrections officers in that county as approved by the
council under section 8 and shall not use those funds to supplant
current spending by the county for those purposes, including state
grants and training funds.
(4) The council, upon written request, shall reimburse the
full amount of any fee paid by a person under section 4b of 1846 RS
171, MCL 801.4b, if the person was incarcerated pending trial and
was found not guilty or the prosecution against the person was
terminated for any reason. The council shall create and make
available to all local correctional facilities in this state a
written form explaining the provisions of this subsection. The form
shall include the address to which the reimbursement request should
be sent.
(5) Unexpended funds remaining in the fund at the end of the
fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the
general fund.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4785(request no.
01471'05 *) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.