HOUSE BILL No. 4513


     April 20, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Callahan, DeHart, Dennis and O'Neil and referred to the Committee on Criminal Law and Corrections.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 224g.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 224G.  (1) A PERSON CONVICTED OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY

 2    IMPRISONMENT BY 4 YEARS OR MORE SHALL NOT POSSESS, USE, TRANS-

 3    PORT, PURCHASE, CARRY, OR RECEIVE BODY ARMOR IN THIS STATE.  THIS

 4    SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A FELONY CONVICTION THAT HAS BEEN

 5    EXPUNGED OR SET ASIDE, OR FOR WHICH THE PERSON HAS BEEN PARDONED,

 6    UNLESS THE EXPUNCTION, ORDER, OR PARDON EXPRESSLY PROVIDES THAT

 7    THE PERSON SHALL NOT POSSESS BODY ARMOR.

 8         (2) A PERSON WHO POSSESSES, USES, TRANSPORTS, PURCHASES,

 9    CARRIES, OR RECEIVES BODY ARMOR IN VIOLATION OF SUBSECTION (1) IS

10    GUILTY OF A FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN

11    5 YEARS, OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000.00, OR BOTH.


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 1         (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "BODY ARMOR" MEANS CLOTHING OR

 2    A DEVICE DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO PROTECT AN INDIVIDUAL'S BODY OR

 3    A PORTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S BODY FROM INJURY CAUSED BY A

 4    FIREARM.
















































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