April 25, 2006, Introduced by Senators TOY and GILBERT and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 168 (MCL 750.168) and by adding section 167d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 167d. (1) A person shall not do any of the following
within 500 feet of a building or other location where a funeral,
memorial service, or viewing of a deceased person is being
conducted or within 500 feet of a funeral procession or burial:
(a) Make loud and raucous noise and continue to do so after
being asked to stop.
(b) Make any statement or gesture that would make a reasonable
person under the circumstances feel intimidated, threatened, or
harassed.
(c) Engage in any other conduct that the person knows or
should reasonably know will disturb, disrupt, or adversely affect
the funeral, memorial service, viewing of the deceased person,
funeral procession, or burial.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is a disorderly
person and is guilty of a felony punishable as provided under
section 168.
Sec.
168. (1) Any Except
as provided in subsection (2), a
person
convicted of being a disorderly person
shall be is guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90
days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
(2) A person convicted of being a disorderly person under
section 167d is guilty of a felony punishable as follows:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), by imprisonment for
not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or
both.
(b) If the person was previously convicted of violating
section 167d, by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine
of not more than $10,000.00, or both.