HB-4465, As Passed Senate, June 29, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4465

 

(As amended, June 28, 2005)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 236a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 236a. (1) A person <<in this state>> shall not do any of the

 following:

 

     (a) Engage in computer-assisted shooting.

 

     (b) Provide or operate, with or without remuneration,

 

facilities for computer-assisted shooting.

 

     (c) Provide or offer to provide, with or without remuneration,

 

equipment specially adapted for computer-assisted shooting. This

 

subdivision does not prohibit providing or offering to provide any

 

of the following:

 

     (i) General-purpose equipment, including a computer, a camera,

 


House Bill No. 4465 as amended June 28, 2005

fencing, building materials, or a firearm.

 

     (ii) General-purpose computer software, including an operating

 

system and communications programs.

 

     (iii) General telecommunications hardware or networking services

 

for computers, including adapters, modems, servers, routers, and

 

other facilities associated with internet access.

     <<(d) Provide or offer to provide, with or without remuneration, an animal for computer-assisted shooting.>>

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Computer-assisted shooting" means the use of a computer

 

or any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the

 

aiming and discharge of a firearm to kill an animal <<, whether or not

the animal is>> located in this

 

state.

 

     (b) "Facilities for computer-assisted remote shooting"

 

includes real property and improvements on the property associated

 

with computer-assisted shooting, such as hunting blinds, offices,

 

and rooms equipped to facilitate computer-assisted shooting.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 373.

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 620.