SENATE BILL NO. 416


   March 9, 1999, Introduced by Senators HAMMERSTROM and ROGERS 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 411r.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 411R.  (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2), A

 2    PERSON SHALL NOT DIRECT A LASER LIGHT BEAM FROM A LASER LIGHTING

 3    DEVICE AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE INTENT TO HARASS, ANNOY,

 4    OR ALARM THAT OTHER PERSON.  A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SUBSEC-

 5    TION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR

 6    NOT MORE THAN 90 DAYS OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $100.00, OR

 7    BOTH.

 8         (2) A PERSON SHALL NOT INTENTIONALLY DIRECT A LASER LIGHT

 9    BEAM FROM A LASER LIGHTING DEVICE AGAINST AN ON-DUTY UNIFORMED

10    LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, OR AGAINST AN

11    ON-DUTY NONUNIFORMED LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT


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 1    OFFICER WHOM THE PERSON DIRECTING THE LASER LIGHT BEAM KNOWS OR

 2    REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.  A PERSON

 3    WHO VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY

 4    IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 4 YEARS OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN

 5    $2,500.00, OR BOTH.

 6         (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "LASER LIGHTING DEVICE" MEANS A

 7    DEVICE THAT EMITS A VISIBLE LASER LIGHT BEAM, AND INCLUDES, BUT

 8    IS NOT LIMITED TO, DEVICES COMMONLY KNOWN AS LASER POINTERS AND

 9    LASER PEN LIGHTS OR SIMILAR DEVICES INTENDED FOR THE PRIMARY PUR-

10    POSE OF INDICATING DIRECTION OR LOCATION OR TO IDENTIFY A SPE-

11    CIFIC OBJECT; AND ALSO INCLUDES DEVICES COMMONLY KNOWN AS LASER

12    SIGHTING DEVICES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE INTEGRATED WITH OR

13    ATTACHED TO A FIREARM AND THAT ASSIST IN THE AIMING OF THAT FIRE-

14    ARM BY EMITTING A VISIBLE LASER LIGHT BEAM.





























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