HOUSE BILL No. 4248

 

 

February 16, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Chirkun, Green, Peterson, Dianda, Hoadley, Elder, Zemke, Moss, Sowerby, Yanez, Camilleri, Phelps, Jones, Hertel, Kesto, Greimel, Lasinski, Brinks, Wittenberg and Liberati and referred to the Committee on Communications and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 436, entitled

 

"Unmanned aircraft systems act,"

 

(MCL 259.301 to 259.331) by adding section 20.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 20. (1) A person shall not knowingly and intentionally

 

operate an unmanned aircraft system within 1,000 feet of any of the

 

following:

 

     (a) A correctional facility or a jail.

 

     (b) A building from which a municipal police department

 

operates.

 

     (c) A building from which a county sheriff's department

 

operates.

 

     (d) A state police post or the state police headquarters.

 

     (e) A state court building.

 


     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Correctional facility" means a state correctional

 

facility as that term is defined in section 62 of the corrections

 

code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.262, and a facility or

 

institution operated by a private entity under section 20i of the

 

corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220i.

 

     (b) "Jail" means that term as defined in section 62 of the

 

corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.262.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4249   (request no.

 

00503'17 *) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.