HB-6322, As Passed Senate, December 12, 2006
August 9, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Stakoe and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 214, entitled
"An act to provide for the disposition and sale of certain stolen
or abandoned property recovered or discovered within a village or
township; and to provide for the disposition of the proceeds of
sale and certain other property,"
by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 434.181), the title as
amended by 1984 PA 258.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An act to provide for the disposition and sale of certain
stolen or abandoned property recovered or discovered within a city,
village, or township; and to provide for the disposition of the
proceeds of sale and certain other property.
Sec.
1. A Except
as otherwise provided in this section, a
law
enforcement officer agency of a city, village, or
township
who
that recovers stolen property or discovers abandoned
personal
property within the city, village, or township, which is unclaimed
for 6 months after recovery or discovery, shall report the recovery
or discovery of that property, including money, to the city or
village council or township board of trustees and shall request
authority to dispose of the property as provided in this act or to
give the property to the sheriff of the county to dispose of as
provided
in Act No. 54 of the Public Acts of 1959, being
sections
434.171
to 434.174 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1959 PA 54, MCL
434.171 to 434.174. If the property is an abandoned or stolen
bicycle, the law enforcement agency may request authority from its
governing body to donate the bicycle to a state licensed charitable
organization.