PUBLIC TRANSIT: ASSAULT - S.B. 774 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 774 (Substitute S-1 as reported)

Sponsor: Senator Joe Young, Jr.

Committee: Judiciary


CONTENT


The bill would amend the sentencing guidelines provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure to include assault or battery causing physical injury to a driver of a "public transit vehicle", as proposed by Senate Bill 275 (S-1). The offense would be categorized as a Class F felony against a person, with a statutory maximum sentence of four years' imprisonment.


Senate Bill 774 (S-1) would take effect 90 days after its enactment and is tie-barred to Senate Bill 275.


MCL 777.16d - Legislative Analyst: P. Affholter


FISCAL IMPACT


The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on State and local government.


There are no data to indicate how many people could be convicted of assaulting a public transit worker. The offense would be a Class F felony for which the range of minimum sentences is 0-3 months to 17-30 months, so an offender could receive an intermediate sanction or a prison term.


Assuming that five offenders a year were convicted of this new offense, and that they were given the highest minimum sentence, annual costs for incarceration for this crime, based on the average yearly cost of $22,000 to incarcerate, would be $275,000.


Date Completed: 10-1-99 - Fiscal Analyst: K. FirestoneFloor\sb774 - Bill Analysis @ http://www.state.mi.us/sfa

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.