HOUSE BILL No. 5270

 

October 6, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Jones, LaJoy, Kahn, Nofs, Stakoe, Brandenburg, Newell, Sheen, Robertson, Espinoza, Polidori, Gonzales, Gleason, Casperson, Gosselin, Marleau, Nitz, Ball, Green, Hansen, Baxter, Steil, Palmer, Moore, Stahl, Mortimer, Pastor, Farhat, Drolet, Elsenheimer, Vander Veen, Hildenbrand, Van Regenmorter, Huizenga, Booher, Wenke, Pearce, Schuitmaker, Taub, Gaffney, Hune, Palsrok and Hoogendyk and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending sections 233, 234, 235, and 329 (MCL 750.233, 750.234,

 

750.235, and 750.329).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 233. (1)  Intentionally aiming fire-arm without malice—

 

Any  A person who  shall  intentionally  ,  but without malice  ,   

 

point or aim any fire-arm  points or aims a firearm at or toward  

 

any other  another person  , shall be  is guilty of a misdemeanor

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of

 

$500.00, or both.

 

     (2) This section does not apply to a peace officer of this

 

state or another state, or of a local unit of government of this


 

state or another state, or of the United States, performing his or

 

her duties as a peace officer. As used in this section, "peace

 

officer" means 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) A police officer of this state or a political subdivision

 

of this state.

 

     (b) A police officer of any entity of the United States.

 

     (c) The sheriff of a county of this state or the sheriff's

 

deputy.

 

     (d) A public safety officer of a college or university who is

 

authorized by the governing board of that college or university to

 

enforce state law and the rules and ordinances of that college or

 

university.

 

     (e) A conservation officer of the department of natural

 

resources.

 

     (f) A conservation officer of the United States department of

 

the interior.

 

     Sec. 234. (1)  Discharge of fire-arm intentionally but without

 

malice aimed at another—Any  A person who  shall discharge, without

 

injury to any other person, any fire-arm,  discharges a firearm

 

while it is intentionally  ,  but without malice  ,  aimed at or

 

toward  any  another person,  shall be  without injuring another

 

person, is guilty of a misdemeanor  ,  punishable by imprisonment  

 

in the county jail  for not more than 1 year or  by  a fine of not

 

more than  500 dollars  $500.00, or both.

 

     (2) This section does not apply to a peace officer of this

 

state or another state, or of a local unit of government of this

 

state or another state, or of the United States, performing his or


 

her duties as a peace officer. As used in this section, "peace

 

officer" means 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) A police officer of this state or a political subdivision

 

of this state.

 

     (b) A police officer of any entity of the United States.

 

     (c) The sheriff of a county of this state or the sheriff's

 

deputy.

 

     (d) A public safety officer of a college or university who is

 

authorized by the governing board of that college or university to

 

enforce state law and the rules and ordinances of that college or

 

university.

 

     (e) A conservation officer of the department of natural

 

resources.

 

     (f) A conservation officer of the United States department of

 

the interior.

 

     Sec. 235. (1)  Injuring by discharge of fire-arm intentionally

 

but without malice pointed at another—Any  A person who  shall maim

 

or injure any other  maims or injures another person by  the

 

discharge of any fire-arm  discharging a firearm pointed or aimed

 

intentionally  ,  but without malice  ,  at  any such  another

 

person  shall be  is guilty of a misdemeanor  ,  punishable by

 

imprisonment  in the county jail  for not more than 1 year or  by  

 

a fine of not more than  500 dollars  $500.00, or both.

 

     (2) This section does not apply to a peace officer of this

 

state or another state, or of a local unit of government of this

 

state or another state, or of the United States, performing his or

 

her duties as a peace officer. As used in this section, "peace


 

officer" means 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) A police officer of this state or a political subdivision

 

of this state.

 

     (b) A police officer of any entity of the United States.

 

     (c) The sheriff of a county of this state or the sheriff's

 

deputy.

 

     (d) A public safety officer of a college or university who is

 

authorized by the governing board of that college or university to

 

enforce state law and the rules and ordinances of that college or

 

university.

 

     (e) A conservation officer of the department of natural

 

resources.

 

     (f) A conservation officer of the United States department of

 

the interior.

 

     Sec. 329. (1)  Death from wound, etc., from firearm pointed

 

intentionally, but without malice—Any  A person who  shall wound,

 

maim or injure any other  wounds, maims, or injures another person

 

by  the discharge of any  discharging a firearm  ,  that is pointed

 

or aimed  ,  intentionally but without malice  ,  at  any such  

 

another person  , shall, if death ensue from such wounding, maiming

 

or injury, be deemed  is guilty of  the crime of  manslaughter if

 

the wounds, maiming, or injuries result in death.

 

     (2) This section does not apply to a peace officer of this

 

state or another state, or of a local unit of government of this

 

state or another state, or of the United States, performing his or

 

her duties as a peace officer. As used in this section, "peace

 

officer" means 1 or more of the following:


 

     (a) A police officer of this state or a political subdivision

 

of this state.

 

     (b) A police officer of any entity of the United States.

 

     (c) The sheriff of a county of this state or the sheriff's

 

deputy.

 

     (d) A public safety officer of a college or university who is

 

authorized by the governing board of that college or university to

 

enforce state law and the rules and ordinances of that college or

 

university.

 

     (e) A conservation officer of the department of natural

 

resources.

 

     (f) A conservation officer of the United States department of

 

the interior.