In
the Capitol
Committee
meetings of interest for the week of 7/24
7/25
Economic Growth Joint Select Committee
Agenda: A presentation by Mitch Bean, Director of the House Fiscal
Agency and Jay Wortley, Senior Economist for the Senate Fiscal Agency.
Complete
Committee Meeting List
Legislation
Recently Signed into Public Acts
In
the Hall of Justice
Rule
Amendments
2004-26
- Amendment of Rule 8.110 of the Michigan Court Rules
The amendment of MCR 8.110(B)(1) changed the requirement that recommendations
for chief judge be submitted no later than October 1 of each odd-numbered year
to September 1.
Issued:
July 20, 2006
Effective: September 1, 2006
Proposed
Amendments
2006-26
- Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.921 of the Michigan Court Rules
This amendment would add a requirement mandated by 42 USC 638(b) that foster
parents, preadoptive parents, and relative caregivers receive notice of hearings
in child protective proceedings.
Issued:
July 20, 2006
Comment period expires: November 1, 2006
Public Hearing: To be scheduled
| At
the Bar
The State
Bar of Michigan’s Public Policy, Image,
and Identity Committee and Board of Commissioners will meet on July 29, 2006.
For a copy of either agenda, please contact elyon@mail.michbar.org.
FOCUS: Comment
submitted by SBM member Larry Mulligan on July 19 regarding HB 4467
Comment: “This
proposed legislation recognizes that children who are abused, especially
sexually, are known to suppress the abuse, often because they are intimidated
by the perpetrator, sometimes until many years after they reach the age
of majority, and that a "normal" statute of limitations, even
when extended by recognition of the child's disability while a minor,
only serves to protect the perpetrator…”
HB
4467: Civil procedure; statute of limitations;
civil action for damages resulting from criminal sexual conduct against
a minor; extend tolling of statute of limitations. Amends sec. 5851
of 1961
PA 236 (MCL 600.5851).
SBM
Position: Oppose in Principle
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Federal
News
Voting
Rights Act Extension Passes In Senate, 98 to 0
(Washington Post, 7/21/06)
State
News
Self-Defense
Shooters Protected
(Detroit Free Press, 7/21/06)
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