HOUSE BILL No. 5637

 

 

February 22, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Durhal, Gay-Dagnogo, Singh and Yancey and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 139 (MCL 750.139), as amended by 1998 PA 510.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 139. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a A child

 

under 16 18 years of age while under arrest, confinement, or

 

conviction for any a crime, shall must not be placed in any an

 

apartment or cell of any a prison or place of confinement with any

 

adult 1 or more adults who is are under arrest, confinement, or

 

conviction for any a crime, or be permitted to remain in any court

 

room during the trial of adults, or be transported in any a vehicle

 

of transportation in company used to transport inmates with adults

 

charged with or convicted of a crime.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to prisoners being

 

transported to or from, or confined in a youth correctional

 

facility operated by the department of corrections or a private

 

vendor under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g.

 

     (2) (3) All cases involving the commitment or trial of

 

children under 16 18 years of age for any crime or misdemeanor,

 

before any court, shall must be heard and determined by the court

 

at a suitable time, to be designated by it, designated by the

 

court, separate and apart from the trial of other criminal cases.

 

     (3) (4) Any A person who violates this section is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October

 

1, 2018.