HOUSE BILL No. 5546


     April 11, 2000, Introduced by Reps. DeVuyst, Kowall, Richardville, Patterson, Ehardt, Julian, Rick Johnson, Kuipers,
Voorhees, DeRossett, Faunce, Kukuk, Tabor, Sheltrown and Allen and referred to the Committee on Conservation and Outdoor
Recreation.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 222a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 222A.  (1) AS USED IN THIS CHAPTER, "DOUBLED-EDGED,

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      NONFOLDING STABBING INSTRUMENT" DOES NOT INCLUDE A KNIFE, TOOL,

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      IMPLEMENT, ARROWHEAD, OR ARTIFACT MANUFACTURED FROM STONE BY

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      MEANS OF CONCHOIDAL FRACTURING.

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           (2) SUBSECTION (1) DOES NOT APPLY TO AN ITEM BEING TRANS-

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      PORTED IN A VEHICLE, UNLESS THE ITEM IS IN A CONTAINER AND INAC-

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      CESSIBLE TO THE DRIVER.










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