Section 791.402 - Definitions. - Michigan Statutes

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 511 of 1988

791.402 Definitions.

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) “City advisory board” means a community corrections advisory board created by a city pursuant to sections 6 and 7.

(b) “City-county advisory board” means a community corrections advisory board created by a county and the largest city by population within that county pursuant to sections 6 and 7.

(c) “Community corrections program” means a program that is operated by or contracted for by a city, county, or group of counties, or is operated by a nonprofit service agency, and is an alternative to incarceration in a state correctional facility or jail.

(d) “County advisory board” means a community corrections advisory board created by a county pursuant to sections 6 and 7.

(e) “Department” means the department of corrections.

(f) “Nonprofit service agency” means a nonprofit organization that provides treatment, guidance, training, or other rehabilitative services to individuals, families, or groups in such areas as health, education, vocational training, special education, social services, psychological counseling, alcohol and drug treatment, community service work, victim restitution, and employment.

(g) “Office” means the office of community alternatives created in section 3.

(h) “Plan” means a comprehensive corrections plan submitted by a county, city, or regional advisory board pursuant to section 8.

(i) “Regional advisory board” means a community corrections advisory board created by a group of 2 or more counties pursuant to sections 6 and 7.

(j) “State board” means the state community corrections board created in section 3.

History: 1988, Act 511, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988
Popular Name: Act 511