Act No. 556

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

December 28, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 29, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Rep. Stakoe

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6322

AN ACT 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. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a law enforcement agency of a city, village, or township 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 1959 PA 54, MCL434.171 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.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor