SB-0373, As Passed House, September 6, 2005

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 373

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

"The Michigan penal code,"

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 236b.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 236b. (1) A person in this state shall not do any of the

following:

     (a) Engage in computer-assisted shooting.

     (b) Provide or operate, with or without remuneration,

facilities for computer-assisted shooting.

     (c) Provide or offer to provide, with or without remuneration,

equipment specially adapted for computer-assisted shooting. This

subdivision does not prohibit providing or offering to provide any

of the following:

     (i) General-purpose equipment, including a computer, a camera,

fencing, building materials, or a bow or crossbow.

     (ii) General-purpose computer software, including an operating

system and communications programs.

     (iii) General telecommunications hardware or networking services

for computers, including adapters, modems, servers, routers, and

other facilities associated with internet access.

     (d) Provide or offer to provide, with or without remuneration,

an animal for computer-assisted shooting.

     (2) As used in this section:

     (a) "Computer-assisted shooting" means the use of a computer

or any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the

aiming and discharge of a bow or crossbow to kill an animal,

whether or not the animal is located in this state.

     (b) "Facilities for computer-assisted remote shooting"

includes real property and improvements on the property associated

with computer-assisted shooting, such as hunting blinds, offices,

and rooms equipped to facilitate computer-assisted shooting.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

enacted into law:

     (a) Senate Bill No. 620.

     (b) House Bill No. 4465.