Act No. 712

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

December 30, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 30, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Reps. Cassis, Raczkowski, Toy, Voorhees, Ruth Johnson, Vander Veen, Patterson, Scranton, Howell, Cameron Brown, Meyer, Lockwood, Kooiman, Kuipers and Bishop

Reps. Allen, Anderson, Basham, Birkholz, Bisbee, Bogardus, Rich Brown, Caul, Clarke, DeRossett, DeWeese, Durhal, Hager, Hardman, Hummel, Jacobs, Jamnick, Jansen, Jelinek, Julian, Kowall, Lipsey, Mead, Middaugh, Mortimer, Murphy, Newell, Pappageorge, Richardville, Rocca, Schauer, Schermesser, Shackleton, Shulman, Spade, Stamas, Wojno, Woronchak and Zelenko named co-sponsors

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6444

AN ACT to prescribe the Amber alert of Michigan as the official response to reports of child abductions.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan Amber alert act".

Sec. 2. (1) The department of state police shall establish and maintain the Michigan Amber alert plan.

(2) The Michigan Amber alert plan shall be designed to rapidly disseminate useful information in a predetermined manner to radio and television stations within this state.

Sec. 3. The Michigan Amber alert plan shall be activated only in accordance with the policies established by the department of state police.

Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 6445 of the 91st Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.