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Mich. Comp. Laws § 803.302 (2026)

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YOUTH REHABILITATION SERVICES ACT


Act 150 of 1974


803.302 Definitions.

Sec. 2.

    As used in this act:

    (a) "County juvenile agency" means that term as defined in section 2 of the county juvenile agency act, 1998 PA 518, MCL 45.622.

    (b) "Department" means the department of health and human services.

    (c) "Public ward" means either of the following:

    (i) A youth accepted for care by a youth agency who is at least 12 years of age when committed to the youth agency by the juvenile division of the probate court or the family division of circuit court under section 18(1)(e) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.18, if the court acquired jurisdiction over the youth under section 2(a) or (d) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, and the act for which the youth is committed occurred before his or her eighteenth birthday.

    (ii) A youth accepted for care by a youth agency who is at least 14 years of age when committed to the youth agency by a court of general criminal jurisdiction under section 1 of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.1, if the act for which the youth is committed occurred before his or her eighteenth birthday.

    (d) "Youth agency" means either the department or a county juvenile agency, whichever has responsibility over a public ward.

    

    

History: 1974, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1974 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 76, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 253, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 417, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 517, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 110, Eff. Oct. 1, 2021

Compiler's Notes:

    Section 3 of Act 76 of 1988 provides: “This amendatory act shall take effect June 1, 1988.” This section was amended by Act 179 of 1988 to read as follows: “This amendatory act shall take effect October 1, 1988.”

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1981–1991 · leading case: People v. Buck, 496 N.W.2d 321 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991).
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People v. Buck, 496 N.W.2d 321 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). “1072(3), a court having jurisdiction over a juvenile must conduct a hearing to determine whether the best interests of the juvenile and the public would be better served by placing the juvenile on probation under the Youth Rehabilitation Services Act, MCL 803.302 et seq.; MSA…”
People v. Allen, 311 N.W.2d 734 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). “Even so the evidence is going to show that Ronnie Lee Burgess believes that the only reason he was caught — that the only reason he was brought to justice and had to plead guilty to Martha Wolfs murder is that this young man, Clinton Dale Allen, did what he should and testified…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 803.302(b) — 1 case
People v. Allen, 311 N.W.2d 734 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). “Even so the evidence is going to show that Ronnie Lee Burgess believes that the only reason he was caught — that the only reason he was brought to justice and had to plead guilty to Martha Wolfs murder is that this young man, Clinton Dale Allen, did what he should and testified…”
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