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.