June 22, 2006, Introduced by Senators CLARK-COLEMAN, CLARKE, JACOBS, BASHAM, CASSIS, JOHNSON, TOY, BISHOP, KUIPERS, McMANUS, GEORGE, SCOTT, VAN WOERKOM, HARDIMAN and SCHAUER and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1968 PA 319, entitled
"An act to provide a uniform crime reporting system; to provide for
the submitting of such report to the department of state police; to
require submission of the report by certain police agencies; to
require the reporting on wanted persons and stolen vehicles; to
require the reporting of information regarding certain persons and
unidentified bodies of deceased persons; to prescribe certain
powers and duties of law enforcement agencies; and to vest the
director of the department of state police with certain authority,"
by amending section 8 (MCL 28.258), as amended by 2002 PA 718.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8. (1) As used in this section and section 9:
(a) "Child" means an individual less than 17 years of age.
(b) "Clearinghouse" means the missing child information
clearinghouse established under section 9.
(c) "Department" means the department of state police.
(d) "Law enforcement agency" means the department; a police
agency
of a city, village, or township; a sheriff's department;
and
or any other governmental law enforcement agency in
this
state.
(e) "LEIN" means law enforcement information network regulated
under the L.E.I.N. policy council act of 1974, 1974 PA 163, MCL
28.211 to 28.216.
(f) "Registrar" means the state registrar as defined in
section 2805 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2805.
(2) If an individual who is any of the following is reported
missing, the law enforcement agency receiving the report, after
conducting a preliminary investigation, shall immediately enter the
information described in subsection (3) regarding that individual
into the LEIN, the national crime information center, and if the
individual is a child, the clearinghouse:
(a) An individual who has a physical or mental disability as
evidenced by written documentation from a physician or other
authoritative source. As used in this act, "mental disability"
includes Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
(b) An individual who was in the company of another individual
under circumstances indicating that the individual's physical
safety may be in danger.
(c) An individual who disappeared under circumstances
indicating that the disappearance was not voluntary.
(d)
A child not described in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or
(e)
(f).
(e) An individual 65 years of age or older not described in
subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f), who is believed to be incapable
of returning to his or her residence without assistance.
(f) (e)
An individual who is missing as the result of a
natural or intentionally caused catastrophe or extraordinary
accident that causes the loss of human life.
(3) The information to be entered into the LEIN, the national
crime information center, and the clearinghouse under subsection
(2) shall include all of the following, if available:
(a) The name and address of the individual.
(b) The vital statistics of the individual, including a
physical description, and if the missing individual is a child, the
child's date of birth, state of birth, and if possible, mother's
maiden name.
(c) The date the individual was missing and, if the missing
individual is a child under subsection (2)(d), the date the child
becomes 17 years of age.
(d) Any other information that may assist in the location of
the individual, as determined by the department and the LEIN policy
council.
(4) If subsections (2) and (3) have been complied with and the
individual is not found within 30 days, the law enforcement agency
that received the report under subsection (2) shall seek the dental
records of the individual under section 2844a of the public health
code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2844a. The information from the dental
records shall be entered into the national crime information center
and, if the individual is a child, the clearinghouse by the law
enforcement agency.
(5) The LEIN shall retain the information under subsection (3)
reported to it until the law enforcement agency that entered the
information cancels the information.
(6) The law enforcement agency receiving a report of a missing
individual described in subsection (2) may, or if the individual is
a child and subject to the policy established by the clearinghouse,
or if the individual has Alzheimer's disease or dementia or is 65
years of age or older and is believed to be incapable of returning
to his or her residence without assistance, shall, broadcast the
information described in subsection (3) over the LEIN to all of the
following:
(a) All law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction of the
location where the missing individual lives or was last seen.
(b) Any other law enforcement agency that potentially could
become involved in locating the missing individual.
(c) All law enforcement agencies to which the individual who
reported the individual missing requests the information be sent,
if the request is reasonable.
(7) If 14 days have elapsed since the law enforcement agency
has received a report that a child who was born in this state is
missing, and the agency has not been notified of the child's
return, the LEIN shall forward on-line the information described in
subsection (3) to the registrar via the registrar's restricted
access LEIN terminal.
(8) If 14 days have elapsed since the law enforcement agency
has received a report of a missing child and the agency has not
been notified of the child's return, the agency, if it has reason
to believe that a missing child may be enrolled in a school
district in this state, shall notify in writing the child's last
known local school district or intermediate school district that
the child is missing and shall provide the school district with the
information described in subsection (3).
(9) A parent or legal guardian of a child missing before June
29, 1987, may notify a law enforcement agency that he or she wants
the registrar and school district notified pursuant to subsections
(7) and (8). Upon receiving the request, the law enforcement agency
shall proceed as provided in subsections (7) and (8).
(10) On the seventeenth birthday of a child who has been
reported missing pursuant to subsection (2)(d), any information
entered into the LEIN regarding that child shall be retained and
the child shall be considered to be an emancipated missing child
until the information is canceled by the law enforcement agency
that entered the information into the network. If the information
entered into the LEIN regarding a child missing as prescribed by
subsection (2) is canceled, the law enforcement agency that entered
the information into the network shall inform the registrar and
school district notified as prescribed by subsection (7) of the
cancellation.
(11) A law enforcement agency shall not establish or maintain
a policy that prevents an immediate investigation as soon as
practical regarding an individual described in subsection (2) who
is reported missing.
(12) When the unidentified body of a deceased individual is
found, the law enforcement agency receiving the report, after
conducting a preliminary investigation, shall immediately enter the
following information, if available, into the national crime
information center and, if the body is that of a child, into the
clearinghouse:
(a) The physical description of the unidentified body and
whether footprints, body X-rays, and fingerprint classifications
are available.
(b) The date the body was found and the cause and manner of
death.
(c) What body parts are found if the body is dismembered.
(d) Dental examination records obtained under section 2844a of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2844a.
(e) Any other information that would assist in the
identification of the body, as determined by the department and the
LEIN policy council.
(13) When an individual is found whose identity is unknown and
cannot be readily determined, the law enforcement agency receiving
the report, after conducting a preliminary investigation, shall
enter the following information into the national crime information
center and, if the individual is a child, into the clearinghouse:
(a) A physical description of the individual.
(b) Any other information that would assist in the
identification of the individual, as determined by the department
and the LEIN policy council.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 1330
of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.