HOUSE BILL No. 5056

September 23, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Jamnick and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The Michigan penal code,"                                                  

                                                                                

    by amending section 539d (MCL 750.539d).                                    

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 539d.  Any person who installs in any private place,                   

                                                                                

2   without the consent of the person or persons entitled to privacy            

                                                                                

3   there, any device for observing, photographing, videotaping or              

                                                                                

4   otherwise recording, or eavesdropping upon the sounds or events             

                                                                                

5   in  such  the private place, or uses  any such  an unauthorized             

                                                                                

6   installation of 1 or more of those devices, is guilty of a felony           

                                                                                

7   punishable by imprisonment  in a state prison  for not more than            

                                                                                

8   2 years  1 year or  by  a fine of not more than  $2,000.00                 

                                                                                

9   $500.00, or both.