HOUSE BILL No. 4218


     January 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Prusi, Mans, Agee, Cherry, Callahan, Tesanovich, Hanley, Kelly, Anthony, Schermesser, Goschka, Kaza, Willard, DeHart, Parks, Hammerstrom, McBryde and Wojno and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   by amending section 411a (MCL 750.411a), as amended by 1996 PA

   303.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 411a.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a

 2    person who intentionally makes a false report of the commission

 3    of a crime to a member of the Michigan state police, a sheriff or

 4    deputy sheriff, a police officer of a city or village, or any

 5    other peace officer of this state knowing the report is false is

 6    guilty of a crime as follows:

 7         (a) If the report is a false report of a misdemeanor, the

 8    person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for

 9    not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or

10    both.


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 1         (b) If the report is a false report of a felony, the person

 2    is guilty of a felony punishable by the lesser of the following:

 3         (i) The penalty for the felony falsely reported.

 4         (ii) Imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not

 5    more than $2,000.00, or both.

 6         (2) If the false report of a crime relates to a bombing,

 7    attempted bombing, or threat to bomb and the report is intention-

 8    ally communicated to an individual described in subsection (1) or

 9    to any other person knowing the report is false, the person

10    making the false report is guilty of a crime punishable by the

11    lesser of the following:

12         (a) The penalty for the bombing, attempted bombing, or

13    threat to bomb falsely reported.

14         (b) Imprisonment for not more than  4  5 years or a fine of

15    not more than  $2,000.00  $3,000.00, or both.



























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