Section 800.404b - Enforcement of act; investigation or assistance of prosecuting attorney; prisoners in work camps.
THE STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY REIMBURSEMENT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 253 of 1935
800.404b Enforcement of act; investigation or assistance of prosecuting attorney; prisoners in work camps.
Sec. 4b.
(1) The attorney general of this state shall enforce the provisions of this act except that the attorney general may request the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the prisoner was sentenced or the prosecuting attorney of the county in which any asset of a prisoner is located to make an investigation or assist in legal proceedings under this act.
(2) The attorney general shall not seek reimbursement under this act for the cost of care of a prisoner in a work camp if the department is being or has been reimbursed for those costs by the prisoner pursuant to section 65c of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 791.265c of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History: 1935, Act 253, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 800.404b ;-- Am. 1984, Act 282, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1984
Constitutionality: The Prison Reimbursement Act was intended to apply to all inmates of the state penal system and was not limited to the inmates of the three penal institutions named in the act and in existence at the time of its passage; nor is the act violative of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. State Treasurer v Wilson, 423 Mich 138; 347 NW2d 770 (1985).