December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 214, entitled
"An act to provide for the disposition and sale of certain stolen
or abandoned property recovered or discovered within a city,
village, or township; and to provide for the disposition of the
proceeds of sale and certain other property,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 434.182), as amended by 1984 PA 258.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) The village council or township board of trustees
shall act upon the request of the law enforcement officer within
not
less than 60 days after the receipt of receiving the request
and
not more than 6 months after the receipt of receiving the
request.
(2) If the village council or township board of trustees
authorizes the law enforcement officer to give the property to the
sheriff of the county, the law enforcement officer shall deliver
the property to the sheriff within 10 days.
(3) If the village council or township board of trustees
authorizes the law enforcement officer to dispose of the property
pursuant
to under this act, the law enforcement officer shall
conduct a sale of the property in the manner provided in subsection
(4).
(4)
The Before January 1,
2015, the law enforcement officer
shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county not less than 5 days before the proposed sale of the
property. Beginning January 1, 2015, the law enforcement officer
shall provide tier B public notice with a link as prescribed in the
local government public notice act not less than 5 days before the
proposed sale of the property. The notice shall describe the
property, including money, and shall state the time and place of
the public sale at which the property may be purchased by the
highest bidder. The law enforcement officer may obtain an appraisal
to determine whether money, because of age, origin, metal content,
or value as a collector's item, has a value other than its face
value.
Money which that does not have a value other than its face
value
shall is not be subject to the public sale provisions
contained in this section. Until the date of the sale, the property
may be claimed at the office of the law enforcement officer. If
ownership of the property is proved, the property shall be turned
over to the owner and the sale shall be canceled insofar as the
claimed property is concerned.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5560 (request no.
03796'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.