SENATE BILL No. 1198

April 4, 2000, Introduced by Senators DE BEAUSSAERT, YOUNG, HART, BYRUM, PETERS

and JAYE 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 136c.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 SEC. 136C. (1) A PERSON WHO IS THE PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR

2 OTHER PERSON WHO CARES FOR, HAS CUSTODY OF, OR HAS AUTHORITY OVER

3 AN INDIVIDUAL REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE INDIVID-

4 UAL IS CARED FOR, IN THE CUSTODY OF, OR SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY

5 OF THAT PERSON SHALL NOT TRANSFER OR ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER THE

6 LEGAL OR PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER PERSON FOR

7 MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PER-

8 MITTED BY LAW.

9 (2) A PERSON SHALL NOT ACQUIRE OR ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE THE

10 LEGAL OR PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF AN INDIVIDUAL FOR MONEY OR OTHER

11 VALUABLE CONSIDERATION TO A PERSON WHO IS THE PARENT, GUARDIAN,

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1 OR OTHER PERSON WHO CARES FOR, HAS CUSTODY OF, OR HAS AUTHORITY

2 OVER AN INDIVIDUAL REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE

3 INDIVIDUAL IS CARED FOR, IN THE CUSTODY OF, OR SUBJECT TO THE

4 AUTHORITY OF THAT PERSON, OR TO A THIRD PARTY, EXCEPT AS OTHER-

5 WISE PERMITTED BY LAW.

6 (3) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY

7 PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 20 YEARS OR A FINE

8 OF NOT MORE THAN $100,000.00, OR BOTH.

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