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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 434 of 2018 - Safe Families for Children Act (722.1551 - 722.1567) › Section 722.1553 - Definitions.

722.1553 Definitions.
Sec. 3.
As used in this act:
(a) "Automatic notification system" means a system that stores and retains fingerprints and that provides for an automatic notification to a participant when a fingerprint is submitted into the system that matches an individual whose fingerprints are retained in the system or when the criminal history of an individual whose fingerprints are retained in the system is updated.
(b) "Child placing agency" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.
(c) "Department" means the department of health and human services.
(d) "Family service agency" means an agency that assists a tax-exempt charitable organization recruiting persons and families under section 7 with obtaining and reviewing criminal history records checks required under section 9 and conducting home safety assessments and training as required under sections 11 and 13. A family service agency must also be licensed as a child placing agency.
(e) "FBI automatic notification system" means the automatic notification system that is maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(f) "Minor child" means an individual less than 18 years of age.
History:
2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 434 of 2018 - Safe Families for Children Act (722.1551 - 722.1567) › Section 722.1555 - Temporary Delegation of Parental Power; Limitations; Revocation or Withdrawal.

722.1555 Temporary delegation of parental power; limitations; revocation or withdrawal.
Sec. 5.
(1) By a properly executed power of attorney, a parent or guardian of a minor child may temporarily delegate to another person his or her powers regarding care, custody, or property of the minor child under this act. This temporary delegation of power may be for up to 180 days, except that if a parent or guardian is serving in the United States Armed Forces and is deployed to a foreign nation, a power of attorney may be effective until the thirty-first day after the end of the deployment. A person to whom the parent or guardian delegates these powers is required to have undergone the criminal history records check, home safety assessment and inspection, and training required under this act. A parent or guardian cannot delegate, under this act, his or her power to consent to adoption of the minor child, consent to an abortion or inducement of an abortion to be performed on or for the minor child, or to terminate parental rights to the minor child. A parent is not authorized to consent to the marriage of a child who is under the legal age of marriage.
(2) The parent or guardian executing a power of attorney may revoke or withdraw the power of attorney at any time.
History:
2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 74, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2023
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 434 of 2018 - Safe Families for Children Act (722.1551 - 722.1567) › Section 722.1557 - Recruitment of Persons or Families by Charitable Organizations to Serve as Resource Families.

722.1557 Recruitment of persons or families by charitable organizations to serve as resource families.
Sec. 7.
A tax-exempt charitable organization, including, but not limited to, a church or faith-based organization, may recruit persons or families to whom a temporary power of attorney may be executed under section 5. A tax-exempt charitable organization recruiting persons and families under this section must use the services of a family service agency to assist the tax-exempt charitable organization in obtaining and reviewing criminal history records checks required under section 9 and conducting home safety assessments and training as required under sections 11 and 13.
History:
2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 434 of 2018 - Safe Families for Children Act (722.1551 - 722.1567) › Section 722.1561 - Home Safety Assessment.

722.1561 Home safety assessment.
Sec. 11.
A family service agency shall conduct a home safety assessment and inspection as follows:
(a) A family service agency shall conduct a home safety assessment for each home where a minor child may be temporarily hosted according to a power of attorney. The home safety assessment must include an inspection of the physical dwelling, assessment of the person's or family's financial ability to provide care for the minor child, and assessment of the person's or family's ability and capacity to provide care for the minor child. As part of the home safety assessment, the family service agency shall obtain 3 current references from persons not related to the person or family.
(b) A family service agency shall conduct a home safety assessment every 2 years while a home is hosting or is available to host a minor child according to a power of attorney.
(c) A family service agency shall conduct periodic inspections of a home that is hosting a minor child to monitor the well-being of the minor child and any change impacting the most recent home safety assessment. The family service agency must conduct this inspection within 48 hours after a person or family begins hosting a minor child in a home, 1 day per week for the first month during which a minor child is hosted in the home, and 1 day per month after that for the duration of the period of time that the minor child is being hosted in the home.
(d) A family service agency's home safety assessment and inspection under subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) must result in a determination that a home is safe for a minor child before the home may host or continue to host a minor child under this section.
History:
2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 434 of 2018 - Safe Families for Children Act (722.1551 - 722.1567) › Section 722.1563 - Training for Preparing, Developing, Training, and Supporting Resource Families.

722.1563 Training for preparing, developing, training, and supporting resource families.
Sec. 13.
(1) Before a minor child is hosted in a home according to a power of attorney, a family service agency shall provide training for the persons in that home. The training must be based on a national model for preparing, developing, training, and supporting resource families for the temporary care of minor children and must include training on identifying child maltreatment, understanding grief and loss, behavior management strategies, environmental safety and universal precautions, and unique child-specific needs-based training.
(2) A person to whom power related to a minor child is delegated according to a power of attorney shall not be compensated for serving as the temporary attorney-in-fact. This subsection does not prohibit an individual, private organization, or governmental entity from providing funds to a family service agency for providing services under this act.
History:
2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 434 of 2018 - Safe Families for Children Act (722.1551 - 722.1567) › Section 722.1565 - Execution of Power Attorney Does Not Constitute Abuse or Neglect; Services Under This Act by Resource Family Not Subject to Licensing or Regulation by the Department.

722.1565 Execution of power attorney does not constitute abuse or neglect; services under this act by resource family not subject to licensing or regulation by the department.
Sec. 15.
(1) A parent or guardian executing a power of attorney does not, by itself, constitute evidence of abandonment, child abuse, child neglect, delinquency, or other maltreatment of a minor child unless the parent or guardian fails to take custody of the minor child when a power of attorney expires. This act does not prevent or delay an investigation of child abuse, child neglect, abandonment, delinquency, or other mistreatment of a minor child.
(2) Executing a power of attorney does not subject a parent, guardian, or person in a home in which a minor child is hosted under this act to any law, rule, or regulation concerning licensing or regulation of foster care or a child care organization. Providing a service under this act does not subject a family service agency to regulation by the department.
History:
2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 434 of 2018 - Safe Families for Children Act (722.1551 - 722.1567) › Section 722.1567 - Records; Availability; Liability; Rules Prohibited; Referral.

722.1567 Records; availability; liability; rules prohibited; referral.
Sec. 17.
(1) A family service agency shall maintain records for each criminal history records check, home safety assessment, and training it conducts under this act for a period of not less than 7 years after the minor child attains 18 years of age. The family service agency shall make the records available to any local, state, or federal authority requesting the records as part of an investigation involving the minor child, parent or guardian, or person in a home in which a minor child is or was hosted according to a power of attorney.
(2) The department is not liable for any action arising out of this act.
(3) The department shall not promulgate rules under this act.
(4) The department, a local office of the department, or a law enforcement agency or officer may refer cases or families to a tax-exempt charitable organization that is recruiting persons and families under this act. The services provided under this act are community-based services that may be recommended commensurate with the risk to the child under section 8d(1)(b) and (c) of the child protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.628d.
History:
2018, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 109 of 2022 - Infant and Toddler Child Care Contracts (722.1581 - 722.1590) › Section 722.1581 - Definitions.

722.1581 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Contract" means the infant and toddler child care contracts established in section 5.
(b) "Department" means the department of education.
(c) "Provider" means a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home licensed under 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128.
(d) "Region" means 1 of at least 4 areas of the state as determined by the department to provide technical assistance to child care providers.
History:
2022, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 109 of 2022 - Infant and Toddler Child Care Contracts (722.1581 - 722.1590) › Section 722.1585 - Infant and Toddler Child Care Provider Contract Model; Federal Block Grant; Required Recipients.

722.1585 Infant and toddler child care provider contract model; federal block grant; required recipients.
Sec. 5.
(1) The department, in conjunction with an implementation team that includes providers, partners, and parents of children in child care, must develop a contract model for infant and toddler child care providers that can be funded within the federal child care and development block grant requirements.
(2) Contracts created under subsection (1) must be awarded to providers in all regions in this state.
(3) Contracts must be awarded to high-quality providers located in communities where demand for infant and toddler child care exceeds supply as determined by the department.
History:
2022, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 109 of 2022 - Infant and Toddler Child Care Contracts (722.1581 - 722.1590) › Section 722.1590 - Model Contract Requirements; Annual Report.

722.1590 Model contract requirements; annual report.
Sec. 10.
(1) A model contract created under this act must include, at least, all of the following:
(a) Consistent payments made in advance of providing care.
(b) Payments aligned with market rate.
(c) Continued engagement in quality improvement.
(d) Increased wages for qualified staff.
(e) Attendance requirements to continue receiving payment.
(2) In each year that infant or toddler contracts are awarded under section 5, the department must submit a report to the house and senate appropriation committees on the department budget and the state budget office regarding those infant and toddler contracts including, but not limited to, the number of participating providers, number of children served, and lessons learned.
History:
2022, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 108 of 2022 - Family Child Care Networks Act (722.1601 - 722.1615) › Section 722.1601 - Short Title.

722.1601 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act may be cited as the "family child care networks act".
History:
2022, Act 108, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 108 of 2022 - Family Child Care Networks Act (722.1601 - 722.1615) › Section 722.1603 - Definitions.

722.1603 Definitions.
Sec. 3.
As used in this act:
(a) "Department" means the department of education.
(b) "Family child care network" or "network" means the networks created under section 5.
(c) "Provider" means a home-based group child care home or family child care home licensed under 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128.
(d) "Region" means 1 of at least 4 areas of the state as determined by the department to provide technical assistance to child care providers.
History:
2022, Act 108, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 108 of 2022 - Family Child Care Networks Act (722.1601 - 722.1615) › Section 722.1605 - Family Child Care Networks; Framework.

722.1605 Family child care networks; framework.
Sec. 5.
(1) Upon appropriation, the department shall establish the family child care networks to support home-based child care providers. Funding must be dispersed equitably in a manner determined by the department with family child care networks in every region in this state.
(2) The department shall convene stakeholders to develop a framework for family child care networks based on the needs of providers. The framework must include, at least, the following:
(a) Business supports.
(b) Connections to peers.
(c) Operational supports.
(d) Program quality support.
(e) Training and technical assistance.
(f) Engaging new providers.
History:
2022, Act 108, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 108 of 2022 - Family Child Care Networks Act (722.1601 - 722.1615) › Section 722.1610 - Provision or Connection of Certain Services to Providers.

722.1610 Provision or connection of certain services to providers.
Sec. 10.
A family child care network must offer or connect providers to services including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Individual coaching.
(b) Training and professional development, including supporting developmental screenings, health and nutrition, program quality, and early childhood mental health consultation.
(c) Connections to peers.
(d) Operational supports, including assistance with licensing, subsidy billing, and recruiting families.
(e) Business services, including tax preparation, policies and procedures, and human resources support.
History:
2022, Act 108, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 108 of 2022 - Family Child Care Networks Act (722.1601 - 722.1615) › Section 722.1615 - Department Duties; Annual Report.

722.1615 Department duties; annual report.
Sec. 15.
(1) The department shall do, at a minimum, all of the following:
(a) Upon appropriation, establish a family child care network in every region of this state.
(b) Require all networks to participate in the following:
(i) A statewide community of practice.
(ii) Professional development for network staff.
(iii) Data collection and evaluation to measure success and improve the networks' responsiveness to providers.
(c) Require networks to be connected to the state's existing child care infrastructure, including, at least, the state's quality and licensing system.
(2) The department shall submit an annual report on the activities and outcomes of each family child care network by region and the changes in the number of home-based providers in the state to the house and senate appropriation committees on the department budget and the state budget office.
History:
2022, Act 108, Imd. Eff. June 23, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 725 - Municipal Courts of Record › Repealed - Act 369 of 1919 - Municipal Courts of Record (725.1 - 725.39)

MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD
Act 369 of 1919
725.1-725.39 Repealed. 1978, Act 161, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1978;—1980, Act 440, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 ;—Expired, Act 440, Eff. Oct. 1, 1981;—1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996;—1996, Act 374, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;—1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 725 - Municipal Courts of Record › Repealed - Act 83 of 1923 - Municipal Court Jury Code (725.101 - 725.162)

MUNICIPAL COURT JURY CODE
Act 83 of 1923
725.101-725.162 Repealed. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 725 - Municipal Courts of Record › Act 221 of 1917 - Compensation of Reporters or Recorders of Certain Courts of Record (725.201 - 725.201) › Section 725.201 - Compensation of Reporters or Recorders of Courts of Record Other Than Circuit Courts.

725.201 Compensation of reporters or recorders of courts of record other than circuit courts.
Sec. 1.
Reporters or recorders who are officers of a court of record, having general criminal jurisdiction, other than circuit courts, shall receive the same compensation received by circuit court reporters or recorders in the circuit where the court of record is located. Such compensation shall be audited and paid in the same manner and by the same authority as in the case of the compensation received by such circuit court reporters and recorders.
History:
1917, Act 221, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 16543 ;-- CL 1948, 725.201 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 307, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 725 - Municipal Courts of Record › Act 129 of 1867 - Disqualification of Jurors (725.252 - 725.254) › Section 725.252 - Juror in Justice or Police Court or Coroner's Inquest in Wayne County; Former Service as Disqualification or Cause of Challenge.

725.252 Juror in justice or police court or coroner's inquest in Wayne county; former service as disqualification or cause of challenge.
Sec. 2.
No person shall be qualified to sit as a juror in any justice or police court of Wayne county, or on an inquest before any coroner, who has already sat as a juror in said justice or police court, or on an inquest before said coroner, more than 3 times during the calendar year next preceding the time when he is summoned or offered as a juror on said court, or on said inquest. And it shall be the duty of justices of the peace, and police justices and coroners, to enforce and carry out the provisions of this law, and to discharge any such juror. It shall be a good cause of challenge, over and above all challenges otherwise allowed by law, that any person summoned or offered as a juror, shall have acted as juror in the same tribunal or court, more than 3 times during the prior calendar year.
History:
1867, Act 129, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 6044 ;-- How. 7583 ;-- CL 1897, 347 ;-- CL 1915, 14592 ;-- CL 1929, 16545 ;-- CL 1948, 725.252
Compiler's Notes:
This section was expressly excepted from repeal by Act 314 of 1915.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 725 - Municipal Courts of Record › Act 129 of 1867 - Disqualification of Jurors (725.252 - 725.254) › Section 725.254 - Juror in Justice or Police Court; Former Service as Cause of Challenge.

725.254 Juror in justice or police court; former service as cause of challenge.
Sec. 4.
It shall be a good cause of challenge to any juror in any justice or police court in any city, township or village in this state, in addition to the other causes of challenge allowed by law, that such person has served as a juror in any justice or police court in any such city, township or village in this state 2 times within 1 year previous to such challenge.
History:
Add. 1869, Act 62, Eff. July 5, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 6046 ;-- How. 7584a ;-- CL 1897, 349 ;-- Am. 1907, Act 316, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907 ;-- CL 1915, 14593 ;-- CL 1929, 16546 ;-- CL 1948, 725.254
Compiler's Notes:
This section was expressly excepted from repeal by Act 314 of 1915.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 725 - Municipal Courts of Record › Act 85 of 1953 - Municipal Traffic Violations Bureau (725.301 - 725.301) › Section 725.301 - Violations Bureau for Traffic Offenses; Establishment, Personnel, Rules and Regulations, Bonds; Appearance Before Judges, Notice.

725.301 Violations bureau for traffic offenses; establishment, personnel, rules and regulations, bonds; appearance before judges, notice.
Sec. 1.
The judges of the municipal courts of the state in counties now or hereafter having a population of 100,000 or more according to the latest or each succeeding federal decennial census, shall have authority to establish violations bureaus from the personnel of the court for the purpose of assisting said courts in the disposition of complaints of violations of the traffic ordinances, rules and regulations of the municipalities in which said courts are constituted, and shall have authority to adopt rules and regulations for the operation of said bureaus. The personnel of the court violations bureaus shall be required to post bond in such amount as said judges may deem advisable.
The said municipal judges who hear traffic cases shall designate the specified offenses under the traffic ordinances of their city and the state traffic laws in respect to which forfeitable bonds may be accepted by the traffic violations bureau in satisfaction thereof, and shall specify by suitable schedules the amount of such bonds for first, second, and subsequent offenses, provided such bonds are within the limits of the respective fines declared by such law or ordinance, and shall further specify what number of such offenses shall require appearance before the said municipal judges. In all such cases all notices and papers used in relation thereto shall advise all alleged violators of their right to a trial by jury.
History:
1953, Act 85, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1953 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1955
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 726 - Recorder's Court of Detroit › Repealed - Local Act 326 of 1883 - Recorder's Court of Detroit (726.1 - 726.49)

RECORDER'S COURT OF DETROIT
Local Act 326 of 1883
726.1-726.49 Repealed. 1980, Act 440, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981;—1985, Act 55, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1985 ;—1985, Act 59, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1985;—1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 727 - Superior Court of Grand Rapids › Repealed - Act 49 of 1875 - The Superior Court of Grand Rapids (727.1 - 727.38)

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF GRAND RAPIDS
Act 49 of 1875
727.1-727.38 Repealed. 1964, Act 262, Imd. Eff. June 3, 1964.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 728 - Common Pleas Court › Repealed - Act 260 of 1929 - The Common Pleas Court Act (728.1 - 728.31)

THE COMMON PLEAS COURT ACT
Act 260 of 1929
728.1-728.31 Repealed. 1972, Act 211, Eff. July 1, 1972;—1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Repealed - Act 76 of 1879 - The Police Court of Grand Rapids (729.1 - 729.23)

THE POLICE COURT OF GRAND RAPIDS
Act 76 of 1879
729.1-729.23 Repealed. 1983, Act 87, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1983.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Repealed - Act 353 of 1913 - Police Judge, Clerk, Bailiff, and Stenographer (729.101 - 729.106)

POLICE JUDGE, CLERK, BAILIFF, AND STENOGRAPHER
Act 353 of 1913
729.101-729.106 Repealed. 1983, Act 87, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1983.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.201 - Adoption of Act by Certain Cities; Rescission.

729.201 Adoption of act by certain cities; rescission.
Sec. 1.
Any city located in a county having a population of less than 500,000 having a court known as a police court, or otherwise, and having the jurisdiction in criminal cases of justices of the peace, or the jurisdiction to try and determine cases against persons charged with the violation of the charter or ordinances of the city, or both such jurisdictions, may adopt the provisions of this act by ordinance passed in accordance with the provisions of the charter of said city. Such adoption of this act may likewise be rescinded by ordinance.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.202 - Board of Jury Commissioners; Membership.

729.202 Board of jury commissioners; membership.
Sec. 2.
A board of jury commissioners is hereby created for each city adopting the provisions hereof, which shall consist of the city treasurer, the city clerk and the city assessor. If there be more than 1 city assessor, the city legislative body shall designate the assessor to act as a member of said board.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.203 - Board of Jury Commissioners; List of Persons to Serve as Jurors, Computation; Additional Names; Lists in Duplicate.

729.203 Board of jury commissioners; list of persons to serve as jurors, computation; additional names; lists in duplicate.
Sec. 3.
The said board shall within 15 days after the adoption of this act in any city make a list of persons to serve as jurors in said court for the remainder of the then calendar year, and shall during the month of November of each year thereafter make a list of persons to serve as jurors of said court for the next succeeding calendar year: Provided, That the failure to complete said list during the period specified shall not affect the validity of the list thereafter made by said board. Each of said lists shall be of jurors equal in number to 1 for each 500 inhabitants in the city, computed according to the last preceding census: Provided, That in no case shall it be necessary to make a list of more than 300 persons. If before the end of said calendar year the judge of a police court shall determine that additional names are necessary, he shall order said board to make another list of persons in such number as he shall determine to serve as additional jurors for the remainder of such calendar year, and it shall be the duty of said board to make such list.
Said board shall make such lists in duplicate and file 1 in the office of the city clerk and 1 in the office of said court.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.204 - Board of Jury Commissioners; Qualifications of Persons Selected.

729.204 Board of jury commissioners; qualifications of persons selected.
Sec. 4.
The said board in making such list shall select only the names of persons who are qualified electors, in possession of their natural faculties, not infirm or decrepit, of good character, integrity and sound judgment, well informed in and conversant with the English language, free from all legal exceptions and not exempt from serving on juries.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.205 - Board of Jury Commissioners; Exemptions; Excused From Serving.

729.205 Board of jury commissioners; exemptions; excused from serving.
Sec. 5.
Any person shall be exempt from serving on a jury drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act if he is exempt from serving on juries in the circuit courts of this state. Any person more than 70 years of age shall be excused upon his request, and any person entitled to be excused from serving on a jury in the circuit courts of the state shall be entitled to be excused from serving on a jury in said court.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.206 - Duty of Clerk of Court.

729.206 Duty of clerk of court.
Sec. 6.
The clerk of said court shall write the name and address of each person named on such lists on a separate slip of paper. Each slip shall then be placed in a separate receptacle so designed as to conceal the information contained on the slip, and all the receptacles containing the slips shall then be placed in a box to be kept for that purpose, which shall be kept locked when not being used to draw a panel of jurors. The clerk of the court shall be the custodian of the slips, receptacles, box, lock and key.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.207 - Date of Trial; Drawing of Panel, Time; Number of Jurors.

729.207 Date of trial; drawing of panel, time; number of jurors.
Sec. 7.
When a jury trial shall have been demanded by any person to be tried in said court, the judge of said court shall fix a time for such trial and shall fix a time for the drawing of a panel of jurors for such trial. Such latter time shall be at least 5 days prior to the date set for trial unless otherwise ordered by the judge on request of such defendant. The judge shall designate the number of jurors to be drawn as such panel, which number shall not be less than 16.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.208 - Drawing; Conduct.

729.208 Drawing; conduct.
Sec. 8.
Such drawing shall be conducted at the place of the holding of said court at the time so fixed by the judge, or at such adjourned time as he may order. Such drawing shall be conducted by the clerk in the presence of the judge, shall be public, and the defendant and his attorney, and the prosecuting attorney in state cases, and the city attorney in city cases, shall be entitled to be present.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.209 - Clerk to Draw Names; Record; Signature.

729.209 Clerk to draw names; record; signature.
Sec. 9.
Upon such drawing of the panel the clerk shall draw from said box such names, 1 at a time, as may be needed to complete said panel, in the number ordered by the court. He shall publicly announce the name of each juror drawn and make a record thereof. If to the knowledge of the judge or the clerk of said court, it appears that any person whose name is drawn shall be dead, insane or permanently removed from the city, an entry of such fact shall be made in the minutes of the drawing and the slip of paper containing such name be destroyed. Another name shall then be drawn from the box and the same proceeding had until the whole number of jurors required for such panel shall have been drawn.
The clerk shall then sign the record of such drawing, which shall include the names of the persons drawn as the members of such panel and file the same in his office as a public record.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.210 - Slips Drawn; Replacement.

729.210 Slips drawn; replacement.
Sec. 10.
All slips drawn, except those destroyed as hereinbefore provided, shall be replaced in the receptacle and returned to the box after the drawing of a jury panel has been completed and used with the names already in the box in the drawing of subsequent jury panels.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.211 - Summoning of Jurors; Service.

729.211 Summoning of jurors; service.
Sec. 11.
The clerk of said court shall issue under his hand and deliver to the bailiff of said court, or to a police officer of said city, a subpoena or venire for each juror who is a member of said panel, summoning him to appear for said trial. Said officer shall serve the same upon said persons either personally or by mailing the same by United States registered mail at least 3 days prior to the date set for said trial.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.212 - Failure to Attend; Penalty.

729.212 Failure to attend; penalty.
Sec. 12.
Any person so summoned as a juror, who shall fail to attend and to continue in attendance at said trial, unless excused by the judge of the police court, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court trying the offender.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.213 - Jury Panel Placed in Separate Receptacle; Drawing; Additional Names, Drawing; Summoning.

729.213 Jury panel placed in separate receptacle; drawing; additional names, drawing; summoning.
Sec. 13.
The clerk shall write the name of each person so selected as a member of such jury panel on a separate slip of paper and place the same in a separate receptacle, so designed as to conceal the name, and place all such receptacles in a box to be kept for that purpose. Juries in all cases drawn in accordance with the provisions of this act shall consist of 6 persons, or less, if agreed to by both parties. At the opening of the trial, the clerk shall draw from said box 6 names and if any so drawn shall not be present or shall be excused, additional names shall be drawn until a jury is secured. If the panel shall be exhausted before the jury is secured the judge shall order such additional names as he may deem necessary drawn from the box provided for in section 6 hereof, in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 9 hereof, and the persons whose names are so drawn shall forthwith be summoned to appear, and the drawing of a jury continued in accordance with the provisions of this section until a jury is secured.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.214 - Challenges.

729.214 Challenges.
Sec. 14.
Any person drawn as a juror may be challenged for cause for the same reasons he could have been challenged for cause if drawn as a juror in a trial in the circuit court. The respondent and the prosecuting attorney in state cases, and the city attorney in city cases, shall each be entitled to 5 peremptory challenges, and no more.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.215 - Instructions to Jury.

729.215 Instructions to jury.
Sec. 15.
It shall be the duty of said judge of a police court to instruct the jury in all cases as to the law applicable to the case being tried by it, which instruction shall be received by the jury as the law of the case.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.216 - Jury Service; Limitation.

729.216 Jury service; limitation.
Sec. 16.
No person shall be required to serve as a juror in said court more than 4 times within any calendar year. A person who shall be upon the jury list provided in section 3 hereof shall not again be placed on said list for a period of 2 years.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 729 - Police Courts › Act 17 of 1953 - Drawing of Juries (729.201 - 729.217) › Section 729.217 - Fees.

729.217 Fees.
Sec. 17.
Each police court juror shall be entitled to receive $8.00 for each day's actual attendance in court, and $4.00 for each 1/2 day of such attendance, to be paid by the clerk of the police court and accounted for to the proper city or county officials.
History:
1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 219, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Repealed - Act 269 of 1933 - Municipal Courts (730.101 - 730.159)

MUNICIPAL COURTS
Act 269 of 1933
730.101-730.159 Expired. 1943, Act 178, Eff. Mar. 3, 1946;—Repealed, 1990, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Repealed - Act 171 of 1911 - Clerks for Justice Courts (730.201 - 730.204)

CLERKS FOR JUSTICE COURTS
Act 171 of 1911
730.201-730.204 Repealed. 1990, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.251 - Terms for Trial of Jury Cases; Adoption of Law.

730.251 Terms for trial of jury cases; adoption of law.
Sec. 1.
Any city may by charter or ordinance establish terms for the trial of jury cases in the justice court of such city, and may provide that jury cases may be set for trial upon 1 or more certain days of each month or as soon thereafter as such trial can be reached. Any city so providing for terms for the trial of jury cases and having a justice court clerk who acts as clerk for all of the justices of the peace in such city, may by an ordinance passed by a 3/4 vote of the legislative body of said city, adopt the provisions of this act as the method of the selection of jurors for the trial of jury cases. In such ordinance it shall not be necessary to embody the terms of this act but the same may be adopted by reference only. After this act has once been adopted, such adoption may be rescinded by an ordinance passed by a 3/4 vote of the legislative body of such city.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16497 ;-- CL 1948, 730.251
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.252 - Board of Jury Commissioners; Members.

730.252 Board of jury commissioners; members.
Sec. 2.
A board of jury commissioners is hereby created for each city adopting the provisions hereof, which shall consist of the city treasurer, the city clerk and the city assessor, or if more than 1 city assessor then such one as shall be designated by a majority of the assessors.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16498 ;-- CL 1948, 730.252
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.253 - Jury Lists; Duty of Commissioners; Qualification and Term of Jurors.

730.253 Jury lists; duty of commissioners; qualification and term of jurors.
Sec. 3.
The said board shall within 15 days after the adoption of this act in any city and during the month of November of every year thereafter, make and file with the clerk of the justice court a list of persons to serve for the succeeding calendar year as justice court jurors equal to 1 for each 200 inhabitants of the city, computed according to the last preceding census: Provided, That in no case shall it be necessary to file a list of more than 400 electors. If the names on such list shall be exhausted prior to the end of such calendar year, the justices of the peace shall order said board to make and file an additional list of persons to serve as jurors for the remainder of such year and it shall be the duty of said board to make and file such list. All persons selected for jury service by said board shall be qualified electors of the city and shall be drawn from the city at large and shall not be required to serve in any 1 year for a period of more than 1 jury term.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16499 ;-- CL 1948, 730.253
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.254 - Jury Lists; Qualifications of Persons Chosen.

730.254 Jury lists; qualifications of persons chosen.
Sec. 4.
The said board in making such selection shall file the names of such only as are not exempt from serving on juries, who are in possession of their natural faculties, not infirm or decrepit, of good character, of approved integrity, of sound judgment, and well informed and conversant with the English language, and free from all legal exceptions, and who have not made, and in whose behalf there has not been made to the members of said board, any application to be selected and returned as jurors.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16500 ;-- CL 1948, 730.254
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.255 - Jury Lists; Persons Not to Be Chosen.

730.255 Jury lists; persons not to be chosen.
Sec. 5.
In making such selection said board shall avoid, as far as practicable, selecting any of the persons who were actually drawn and who served as jurors on any regular justice court panel during the preceding year.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16501 ;-- CL 1948, 730.255
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.256 - Jury Lists; Duplicates, Filing; Duty of Clerk of Justice Court.

730.256 Jury lists; duplicates, filing; duty of clerk of justice court.
Sec. 6.
Such list of jurors shall be made in duplicate and 1 copy filed in the office of the city clerk and the other copy filed in the office of the clerk of the justice court. Upon receiving and filing such list, the clerk of the justice court shall write down the names contained therein on separate pieces of paper, of the same size and appearance as nearly as may be, and shall fold up each of said pieces of paper so as to conceal the names thereon.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16502 ;-- CL 1948, 730.256
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.257 - Jurors; Term of Service.

730.257 Jurors; term of service.
Sec. 7.
The persons whose names shall be returned as jurors shall serve as jurors for 1 year and until other lists shall be returned and filed.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16503 ;-- CL 1948, 730.257
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.258 - Drawing of Jurors; Time, Number.

730.258 Drawing of jurors; time, number.
Sec. 8.
At least 10 days and not more than 20 days before the holding of any term for the trial of jury cases in the justice court in any such city, the clerk of the justice court shall draw the names of 10 persons and any additional number that may be ordered by the justices of the peace of the city. Additional jurors may be drawn from time to time to fill vacancies in the jury panel for any term of court upon the order of the justices of the peace.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16504 ;-- CL 1948, 730.258
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.259 - Drawing of Jurors; Justice and Chief of Police to Be Present; Adjournment.

730.259 Drawing of jurors; justice and chief of police to be present; adjournment.
Sec. 9.
Such drawing shall be made in the presence of at least 1 of the justices of the peace and the chief of police, or in the event of his absence or inability to attend, then in the presence of the officer at the time being in command of the police department of the city. The clerk of the justice court shall notify the justices of the peace of said city and the chief of police, personally or by registered mail, of the time and place of making such drawing by depositing such notice in the United States mails at least 3 days prior to such drawing, enclosed in an envelope addressed to such persons at their respective addresses. If the persons required to be present at such drawing do not appear the clerk of the justice court may adjourn such drawing from time to time. It is hereby made the duty of the justices of the peace and the chief of police, or in his absence or inability, the commanding officer of the police department, to attend such drawing.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16505 ;-- CL 1948, 730.259
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 730 - Justice Courts and Municipal Courts › Act 288 of 1929 - Jury Trials in Justice Courts (730.251 - 730.271) › Section 730.260 - Drawing of Jurors; Procedure, Record.

730.260 Drawing of jurors; procedure, record.
Sec. 10.
The clerk of the justice court shall conduct such drawing as follows:
(a) He shall place in a box prepared for that purpose all of the names contained in the list of jurors returned by the board of jury commissioners, except the names of those persons who have been previously drawn on a jury panel during the current year, each name appearing upon a separate slip of paper as above provided. He shall then shake the box so as to mix the slips of paper upon which names were written, as much as possible.
(b) He shall publicly draw out of such box 1 slip of paper and hand the same to 1 of the attending justices of the peace, whose duty it shall be to keep a minute of the names drawn. When such justice shall have made a minute of the names so drawn, the clerk of the justice court shall proceed in the same manner to draw other names from said box until the required number of jurors has been selected.
(c) A minute of the drawing shall be kept by such attending justice of the peace in which shall be entered the name contained on every slip of paper so drawn before any other slip shall be drawn.
(d) If after drawing the required number of justice court jurors, the name of any person shall appear to have been drawn who is dead, insane, or who has permanently removed from the city, to the knowledge of the clerk of the justice court or any other attending officer, an entry of such fact shall be made in the minutes of the drawing and the slip of paper containing such name shall be destroyed. Another name shall then be drawn from the box in the manner above provided and entered in the minutes of the drawing. The same proceeding shall be had as often as may be necessary until the whole number of jurors required shall have been drawn.
(e) The minutes of the drawing shall then be signed by the clerk of the justice court and the attending justice of the peace and filed in the office of the clerk of the justice court.
History:
1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 16506 ;-- CL 1948, 730.260