HOUSE BILL NO. 4173

February 09, 2021, Introduced by Reps. Hope, Scott, O'Neal, Slagh, Bezotte, Stone, Brixie, Breen and Anthony and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

"The code of criminal procedure,"

by amending section 19 of chapter XVI (MCL 776.19).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

CHAPTER XVI

Sec. 19. (1) The board of supervisors commissioners of a county is hereby authorized to offer and pay out of the general fund of the county not to exceed 2,000 dollars as a reward for the arrest and conviction, or for information leading to the arrest and conviction, of any person or persons having committed a crime within the county or having escaped from any penal institution therein: Provided, That the within the county.

(2) The powers granted hereby in this section may be exercised by the finance committee of the board of supervisors commissioners of a county when said the board of supervisors commissioners of the county is not in session upon the request of a reward by the sheriff or the prosecuting attorney of the county.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.