Checkmark
Legislation watch
     

Search all years.

2013 House Bill 4529: Establish and impose minimum indigent defense standards

Public Act 93 of 2013

Introduced by Rep. Tom McMillin R-Rochester Hills on April 10, 2013
To create a Michigan indigent defense commission to establish statewide standards and accountability measures for court-appointed attorneys who represent indigent criminal defendants, and establish a process by which all counties in the state would be required to conform with the standards. If a local failed to adopt them, the commission could take over its indigent defense administration, and impose a gradually increasing portion of the state’s costs for this, up to 40 percent. Locals would be responsible for maintaining funding at current levels, and all this would be subject to a detailed mediation and appeals process. The bill authorizes but does not fund state grants to cover increased costs.   Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee on April 10, 2013
Reported in the House on May 22, 2013
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the House on June 13, 2013
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on June 13, 2013
Amendment offered by Rep. Tom McMillin R-Rochester Hills on June 13, 2013
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on June 13, 2013
To create a Michigan indigent defense commission to establish statewide standards and accountability measures for court-appointed attorneys who represent indigent criminal defendants, and if the state Supreme Court agrees, establish procedures by which an agency would be created to enforce expeditious adoption of the standards in local jurisdictions. If a local failed to adopt them, this agency would take over its indigent defense administration, and impose a gradually increasing portion of the state’s costs for this, up to 40 percent. Local governments would be responsible for maintaining funding at current levels. The bill authorizes but does not fund state grants to cover increased costs.
Received in the Senate on June 18, 2013
Referred to the Senate on June 18, 2013
Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on July 1, 2013