HOUSE BILL No. 5562

 

December 12, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Dean, Gonzales, Polidori, Brown, Hopgood, Melton, Accavitti, Donigan, Farrah, Casperson, Mayes, Knollenberg, Nitz and Huizenga and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 81e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 81e. (1) An individual who assaults and batters another

 

individual under any of the following circumstances and causes any

 

physical injury to that other individual is guilty of a felony

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of

 

not more than $2,000.00, or both:

 

     (a) The other individual is in a location designated in

 

compliance with state or local law as an area for use by public

 

transit vehicles in picking up or discharging passengers.

 

     (b) The other individual is in a facility or area that is

 


owned or operated by a public transit authority and that is for use

 

in providing transportation services to the general public,

 

including a parking lot for visitors.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Public transit authority" means an entity of a local unit

 

of government of this state or a combination of local units of

 

government of this state that is authorized by law to provide

 

transportation services to the general public.

 

     (b) "Public transit vehicle" means a vehicle used by a public

 

transit authority to provide transportation services to the general

 

public.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5560(request no.

 

05189'07 *) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.