HOUSE BILL No. 5343


     October 29, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Richardville, Woronchak, Stewart, Julian, Schermesser, Ehardt, Pappageorge, Gosselin, Hager, Shackleton,
Newell, Birkholz, Cassis, Jelinek, Sanborn, Caul, Vander Roest, Patterson, DeRossett, Stamas, Mortimer, George, DeWeese, Kowall, Bishop, Mead,
Drolet, Voorhees, Jansen and Raczkowski and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 81c.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 81C.  (1) A PERSON SHALL NOT DO EITHER OF THE

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      FOLLOWING:

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           (A) ASSAULT OR BATTER A PERSON HE OR SHE KNOWS IS AN

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      EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL

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      WHILE THAT PERSON IS PERFORMING HIS OR HER DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE

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      OF THAT SCHOOL OR BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF

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      THAT SCHOOL.

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           (B) COMMUNICATE TO ANY PERSON A THREAT THAT HE OR SHE WILL

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      PHYSICALLY HARM A PERSON THAT HE OR SHE KNOWS IS AN EMPLOYEE OF A

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      PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HIS

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      OR HER STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THAT SCHOOL.


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

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      MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR

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      OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000.00, OR BOTH.


















































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