HB-4971, As Passed House, April 12, 2018
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4971
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 more than $20,000.00
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.