TERRORISM AS RACKETEERING - S.B. 997 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 997 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Burton Leland
Committee: Judiciary
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Michigan Penal Code to include a violation of the proposed "Michigan Anti-Terrorism Act" as a predicate offense in the Code's definition of racketeering.
Under the Code, "racketeering" means committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or aiding or abetting, soliciting, coercing, or intimidating a person to commit, for financial gain, an offense listed in the definition. The bill would add to that list a violation of the Michigan Anti-Terrorism Act, which Senate Bill 930 would create.
The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 930.
MCL 750.159g - Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
To the extent that it would add violations of the proposed Michigan Anti-Terrorism Act to the offenses that may be involved in racketeering, the bill potentially could increase costs to State and local government. Offenders convicted of racketeering receive a sentence with a minimum range of 0-18 to 117-160 months and are subject to probation or incarceration in a local or State facility. Local units would incur the cost of incarceration in a local facility, while the State would incur the cost of felony probation estimated at $4.38 per day and the cost of incarceration in a State facility at an annual average cost of $25,000. If one additional offender were convicted, were sentenced to prison, and received the longest minimum sentence, the cost to the State would be $333,000.
Date Completed: 2-4-02 - Fiscal Analyst: Bethany Wicksall
floor\sb997 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
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.