HOUSE BILL No. 6445


     September 24, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Toy, Cassis, Voorhees, Allen, Vander Veen, Birkholz, Scranton, Cameron Brown, Drolet,
Meyer, Reeves, Kooiman and Kuipers and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.


        A bill to provide for the broadcast of information concern-

   ing a child abduction on radio and television stations; and to

   prescribe the content of the information broadcast.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the

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        "child abduction broadcast act".

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             Sec. 2.  A radio or television station receiving information

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        concerning a child abduction from the Michigan state police pur-

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        suant to the Amber alert of Michigan act may broadcast that

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        information in any manner designed to assist in the location of

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        the abducted child or apprehension of any suspect.

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             Sec. 3.  The information to be broadcast by a radio or tele-

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        vision station under section 2 includes all of the information

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        provided by the Michigan state police.




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             Sec. 4.  The information shall be provided to predetermined

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        radio and television stations by a method agreed to by the

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        Michigan state police and the Michigan association of

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        broadcasters.

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             Enacting section 1.  This act does not take effect unless

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        Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6444 (request

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        no. 07891'02 a) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into law.










































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