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the Capitol
Committee
meetings of interest for the week of 12/7.
12/9/03—House
Judiciary
Agenda: HB
5182 Revise procedure for eviction of tenants of property where controlled
substances are manufactured, possessed, or delivered; HB
5197 Revise procedure for eviction of tenants of property where controlled
substances are manufactured, possessed, or delivered; HB
4871 Revise statutory attorney fees in landlord-tenant eviction and
land contract forfeiture actions.
12/9/03—Senate
Judiciary
Agenda: HB
5216 Designate, provide for administrative hearings bureau to adjudicate
violations of ordinances and impose sanctions for quality of life violations;
HB
5217 Provide for lien provisions for certain ordinances enforced by
administrative hearings bureaus; HB
5218 Provide for administrative hearings bureau to adjudicate violations
of ordinances and impose sanctions; HB
5219 Clarify responsibility for enforcement of quality of life violations
by cities, townships, or villages; HB
5220 Allow designation of quality of life violations regarding city
or village zoning; HB
5224 Allow to be designated (noxious weed violations) as quality
of life violations by cities, townships, or villages; HB
4249 Prohibit photographing or publicly displaying photographs of
deceased accident victims.
12/10/03—House
Criminal Justice
Agenda: HB
5347 Prohibit and prescribe penalties for operation of audiovisual
recording function of a device in motion picture exhibition facilities;
HB
5336 Enact sentencing guidelines for crime of audio visual recording
in a motion picture facility;
SB
637 Clarify and modify penalties definition of possession as presence
of alcohol in the body (of a minor); SB
511 Provide for penalties for failure to properly dispose of a body
within a reasonable time period; SB
508 Enact sentencing guidelines for crime of failing to dispose of
human body as provided by written agreement.
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Sections
and Committees
The
Children's Law Section reports a policy
position of opposition to SB
148.
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The
Family Law Section reports a policy
position of support
to SB
727, particularly with certain amendments
supported by the bills sponsor. The policy position includes opposition
to SB
767 and SB
734.
State News
Highlights
of past weeks' action at Capitol
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Full Text (Detroit Free Press, 12/07/03)
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Court
Rules and Administrative Orders
Administrative Order No. 2003-7 - File No. 2003-23
Caseflow Management Guidelines: updates the original caseflow
management guidelines created in Administrative Order No. 1991-4. The
new order reflects jurisdictional changes in the courts and changes
in court rules and statutes.
Issued: December 2, 2003
Effective: January 1, 2004
Legislation
Introduced
12/2-12/4
HB 5337 Courts; judges; various circuit,
probate, and district judgeships; revise.
SB
5338 Civil procedure; other; procedure for affidavit of merit for
medical malpractice; revise.
SB
878 Crime victims; rights; victim of identity theft; require merchants
to release information on fraudulent transactions, require state police
to fingerprint and issue statement that person is a victim of identity
theft, and prohibit collection agency from harassing victims.
TIE
BAR WITH
SB
879 Occupations; collection practices; collection agencies from
communicating with consumers contrary to identity theft victim's rights
act; prohibit.
TIE BAR WITH
SB
880 Consumer protection; unfair trade practices; violation of identity
theft victim's rights act as violation of consumer protection act; include.
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