TRACK JUVENILES, JUVENILE CRIMES AFTER DETENTION
House Bill 4023
Sponsor: Rep. Ruth Ann Jamnick
Committee: Criminal Justice
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4023 AS INTRODUCED 1-25-01
The bill would amend the Social Welfare Act to add two new sections to the act (1) to require the Family Independence Agency (FIA) to notify local law enforcement officials (either the city or village police or the county sheriff's office depending on where the juvenile lived) when a juvenile was released from a state juvenile facility, and (2) to track and report any crimes committed by released juveniles.
Notification. When a juvenile was released from a state detention facility or a training school, the bill would require the FIA to notify city or village police (if the juvenile lived within the city or village limits) or the county sheriff's department (if the juvenile lived outside a city or village limit) (a) of the juvenile's name, address, and date of birth, and (b) whenever the juvenile moved. The bill would require the FIA to update this information at least quarterly with regard to juveniles who had been released during the quarter.
Crimes. The bill also would require the FIA to determine if a juvenile who had been released had committed crimes after his or her release. The "determination" would have to include the number and types of crimes and the number of released juveniles who had committed these crimes, and the FIA would have to prepare an annual report of these "determinations" and deliver it before March 1 of each year to the FIA appropriations subcommittees in the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as to the House and Senate Fiscal Agencies.
MCL 400.115p and 400.115q
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.