HOUSE BILL No. 5205


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Green, McBryde, Kukuk, Walberg, Goschka and Hammerstrom 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 479c.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 479C.  (1) AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL NOT DO ANY OF THE

 2    FOLLOWING:

 3         (A) MISREPRESENT HIS OR HER IDENTITY TO A PEACE OFFICER WHO

 4    HAS LAWFULLY REQUESTED INFORMATION REGARDING HIS OR HER IDENTITY

 5    UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO

 6    PRODUCE THAT INFORMATION.

 7         (B) FALSELY INFORM A PEACE OFFICER WHO LAWFULLY REQUESTS TO

 8    SEE MATERIAL IDENTIFYING THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT HE OR SHE DOES NOT

 9    HAVE THAT MATERIAL IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES

10    IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THAT MATERIAL.




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 1         (C) FAIL TO PROVIDE MATERIAL IDENTIFYING THAT INDIVIDUAL

 2    UPON LAWFUL REQUEST BY A PEACE OFFICER UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES IN

 3    WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THAT MATERIAL.

 4         (2) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A

 5    FELONY PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 4 YEARS OR A

 6    FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000.00, OR BOTH.

 7         (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PEACE OFFICER" MEANS ANY OF

 8    THE FOLLOWING:

 9         (A) A POLICE OFFICER OF THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVI-

10    SION OF THIS STATE.

11         (B) A COUNTY SHERIFF OR HIS HER DEPUTY.

12         (C) A CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THIS STATE.

13         (D) A POLICE OFFICER OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WHO IS

14    AUTHORIZED BY THAT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY TO ENFORCE THE CRIMINAL

15    LAWS OF THIS STATE.



























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