Act No. 134

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

March 29, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

April 1, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 22, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Reps. Phillips, Koetje, Toy, Julian, Bishop, Caul, Mead, Gosselin, Gilbert, Faunce, Meyer, Woronchak, Hummel, Birkholz, Newell, Drolet, Voorhees, Tabor, Middaugh, Ruth Johnson, Schauer, George, Bisbee, Shackleton, Shulman, McConico, Lockwood, Ehardt, Kowall, Jelinek, Rocca, Neumann, Bernero, Allen, Sheltrown, DeVuyst, Callahan, Hager, Pumford, Zelenko, Lipsey, Frank, Pestka, Jacobs, Basham, Richardville, Kuipers, Pappageorge, Whitmer and Cassis

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5506

AN ACT to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, codify and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties therefor; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at such trials; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act," by amending section 204a (MCL 750.204a), as amended by 1998 PA 208.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 204a. (1) A person who, with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, or annoy any other person, possesses, delivers, sends, transports, or places a device that is constructed to represent an explosive, incendiary device, or bomb, or that is presented as an explosive, incendiary device, or bomb, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $3,000.00, or both.

(2) An offense is committed under this section if the device is delivered or sent from this state or is possessed, transported, received, or placed in this state and may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction from which it was delivered or sent or in which it was possessed, transported, received, or placed.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect April 22, 2002.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.