Section 800.401b - Assets of prisoners; form. - Michigan Statutes

THE STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY REIMBURSEMENT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 253 of 1935

800.401b Assets of prisoners; form.

Sec. 1b.

(1) The department shall develop a form which shall be used by the department to obtain information from all prisoners regarding assets of the prisoners.

(2) Upon being developed, the form shall be submitted to each person who is a prisoner as of the date the form is developed and to every person who thereafter is sentenced to imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the department. The form may be resubmitted to a prisoner by the department for purposes of obtaining current information regarding assets of the prisoner.

(3) Every prisoner shall complete the form or provide for completion of the form and the prisoner shall swear or affirm under oath that to the best of his or her knowledge the information provided is complete and accurate.

(4) The department shall have developed the form provided for under this section not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section.

History: Add. 1984, Act 282, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1984
Constitutionality: The Prison Reimbursement Act was intended to apply to all inmates of the state penal system and was not limited to the inmates of the three penal institutions named in the act and in existence at the time of its passage; nor is the act violative of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. State Treasurer v Wilson, 423 Mich 138; 347 NW2d 770 (1985).