Act No. 468
Public Acts of 2018
Approved by the Governor
December 24, 2018
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 27, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2019
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Senators MacGregor, Jones, Booher and Casperson
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 917
AN ACT to amend 2016 PA 436, entitled “An act to provide for the operation and regulation of unmanned aircraft systems in this state; to create the unmanned aircraft systems task force; to provide for the powers and duties of state and local governmental officers and entities; and to prohibit conduct related to the operation of unmanned aircraft systems and prescribe penalties,” by amending section 21 (MCL 259.321).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 21. An individual shall not knowingly and intentionally operate an unmanned aircraft system in a manner that interferes with the official duties of any of the following:
(a) A law enforcement official, as that term is defined in section 7 of chapter III of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 763.7.
(b) A firefighter.
(c) Emergency medical services personnel, as that term is defined in section 20904 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20904.
(d) Search and rescue personnel.
(e) A state correctional officer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the correctional officers’ training act of 1982, 1982 PA 415, MCL 791.502, or any other individual employed by the department of corrections.
(f) A local corrections officer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the local corrections officers training act, 2003 PA 125, MCL 791.532.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor