HOUSE BILL No. 4497


     April 20, 1999, Introduced by Rep. Geiger and referred to the Committee on Criminal Law and Corrections.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 411r.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 411R.  (1) A PERSON SHALL NOT INTENTIONALLY DIRECT A

 2    LASER LIGHT BEAM FROM A LASER SIGHTING DEVICE, OR FROM A LASER

 3    LIGHTING DEVICE IF A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD BELIEVE IT WAS FROM

 4    A LASER SIGHTING DEVICE, AGAINST AN ON-DUTY UNIFORMED LOCAL,

 5    STATE, OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR AGAINST AN ON-DUTY

 6    NONUNIFORMED LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO

 7    THE PERSON DIRECTING THE LASER LIGHT BEAM KNOWS OR REASONABLY

 8    SHOULD KNOW IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.  A PERSON WHO VIOLATES

 9    THIS SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT

10    FOR NOT MORE THAN 4 YEARS OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,500.00,

11    OR BOTH.


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 1         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

 2         (A) "LASER LIGHTING DEVICE" MEANS A DEVICE THAT EMITS A VIS-

 3    IBLE LASER LIGHT BEAM AND INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,

 4    DEVICES COMMONLY KNOWN AS LASER POINTERS AND LASER PEN LIGHTS OR

 5    SIMILAR DEVICES INTENDED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF INDICATING

 6    DIRECTION OR LOCATION OR TO IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC OBJECT.

 7         (B) "LASER SIGHTING DEVICE" MEANS A DEVICE DESIGNED TO BE

 8    INTEGRATED WITH OR ATTACHED TO A FIREARM THAT ASSISTS IN THE

 9    AIMING OF THAT FIREARM BY EMITTING A VISIBLE LASER LIGHT BEAM.






































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