Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 325 of 1982 - County Jail Overcrowding State of Emergency (801.51 - 801.64)
Section 801.59 - Ending County Jail Overcrowding State of Emergency; Conditions; Certification by Sheriff.

Sec. 9.
If either of the following occur, the sheriff shall certify that fact in writing by first-class mail or personal delivery, to the judges and county officials notified pursuant to section 2 and, unless a majority of the judges and county officials so notified find upon receipt of the certification pursuant to this section that the sheriff has acted in error, the sheriff shall end the county jail overcrowding state of emergency:
(a) At any time during the county jail overcrowding state of emergency, the general prisoner population of the county jail is reduced to the level prescribed in section 6(1).
(b) The county jail's population is not reduced to the level prescribed in section 6(1) within 70 days after the declaration of the county jail overcrowding state of emergency.
History: 1982, Act 325, Eff. Feb. 8, 1983 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 140, Eff. Feb. 11, 2008 Popular Name: Jail Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 801 - Jails and Workhouses

Act 325 of 1982 - County Jail Overcrowding State of Emergency (801.51 - 801.64)

Section 801.51 - Definitions.

Section 801.51a - County Jail Population Exceeding 95% of Jail's Rated Design Capacity; Actions by County Sheriff; Maximum Value of Outstanding Bonds; Duration; Applicability of Subsections (1) to (3).

Section 801.52 - Certifying General Prisoner Population Exceeds 100% of Rated Design Capacity of County Jail or Percentage of Rated Design Capacity Set by Court; Duties of Sheriff.

Section 801.52a - Reporting Prisoner Population Counts.

Section 801.53 - Declaring County Jail Overcrowding State of Emergency.

Section 801.54 - Notice of Declaration of County Jail Overcrowding State of Emergency.

Section 801.55 - Reduction of Prisoner Population by Sheriff, Notified Persons, and Other Judges; Means.

Section 801.56 - Requirement of Further Actions; Failure of Certain Actions to Reduce Population to Level Prescribed in Subsection (1); Presenting Prisoner Information to Chief Circuit Judge; Applicability of Subsection (2)(b) to Certain Prisoners; R...

Section 801.57 - Failure of Certain Actions to Reduce Population to Level Prescribed in MCL 801.56(1); Equal Reduction of Original Sentences.

Section 801.58 - Failure of Certain Actions to Reduce Population to Level Prescribed in MCL 801.56(1); Deferring Acceptance for Incarceration of Certain Persons.

Section 801.59 - Ending County Jail Overcrowding State of Emergency; Conditions; Certification by Sheriff.

Section 801.59a - Written County Jail Population Management Plan; Adoption; Implementation; Approval; Amendments; Duration; Delegation of Judicial Sentencing Authority.

Section 801.59b - Suspension or Reduction of Jail Sentence by Sentencing Judge; Delegation of Authority to Chief Judge; Modification of Bond.

Section 801.60 - Listing of Crimes and Offenses; Development.

Section 801.61 - Loss of Bed Space Due to Natural Disaster or Deliberate Destruction of Property; Applicability of Act.

Section 801.62 - Prisoners Sentenced to County Jail as Condition of Probation; Applicability of Act.

Section 801.63 - Maximum Sentence Reductions Where Act Invoked More Than Once; Good Time.

Section 801.64 - Effective Date.