HOUSE BILL No. 5568


     April 11, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Kukuk 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 136c.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 136C.  (1) A PERSON WHO IS THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR

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      OTHER PERSON WHO CARES FOR, HAS CUSTODY OF, OR HAS AUTHORITY OVER

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      AN INDIVIDUAL LESS THAN 16 YEARS OF AGE REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH

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      OF TIME THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS CARED FOR, IN THE CUSTODY OF, OR

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      SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THAT PERSON SHALL NOT TRANSFER OR

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      ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER THE LEGAL OR PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF THE INDIVID-

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      UAL TO ANOTHER PERSON FOR MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLE CONSIDERATION,

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      EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW.

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           (2) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY

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      PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 15 YEARS OR A FINE

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      OF NOT MORE THAN $10,000.00, OR BOTH.


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