HOUSE BILL No. 5858


     April 9, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Faunce, Meyer, Van Woerkom, Kowall and Tabor and referred to the Committee on Criminal
Justice.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   by amending sections 503 and 504 (MCL 750.503 and 750.504).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 503.   Punishment of felonies when not fixed by

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        statute--A  IF A person IS convicted of  a crime declared in this

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        or any other act of the state of Michigan, to be  a felony  ,

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        for which no  other  punishment is specially prescribed,  by any

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        statute in force at the time of the conviction and sentence,

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        shall be punished  THE PERSON IS GUILTY OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE by

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        imprisonment  in the state prison  for not more than 4 years or

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         by  a fine of not more than  2,000 dollars  $5,000.00, or
     by

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        both.  such fine and imprisonment.

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             Sec. 504.   Punishment of misdemeanors when not fixed by

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        statute--A  IF A person IS convicted of a crime  declared


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        DESIGNATED in this ACT or IN any other act of  the  THIS state

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         of Michigan  to be a misdemeanor  ,  for which no  other
     pun-

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        ishment is specially prescribed,  by any statute in force at the

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        time of the conviction and sentence, shall be punished  THE

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        PERSON IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE by imprisonment  in

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        the county jail  for not more than 90 days or  by  a fine of not

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        more than  100 dollars  $500.00, or  by  both.  such fine
    and

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        imprisonment.








































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