HOUSE BILL No. 4087

 

January 23, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Hammon, Meisner, Hammel, Melton and Clack and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 473 (MCL 750.473), as added by 1993 PA 140.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 473. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4),

 

a person shall not use a tobacco product on school property or in a

 

college dormitory.

 

     (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $50.00 $100.00.

 

     (3) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "College dormitory" means a dormitory operated by a degree

 

or certificate granting public or independent nonprofit university,

 

college, community college, or junior college.

 

     (b) (a) "School district" means a school district, local act


 

school district, or intermediate school district, as those terms

 

are defined in the revised school code, of 1976, Act No. 451 of the

 

Public Acts of 1976, being sections 380.1 to 380.1852 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws; a joint high school district formed under

 

part 3A of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections

 

380.171 to 380.187 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; 1976 PA 451, MCL

 

380.1 to 380.1852, or a consortium or cooperative arrangement

 

consisting of any combination of these.

 

     (c) (b) "School property" means a building, facility, or

 

structure and other real estate owned, leased, or otherwise

 

controlled by a school district.

 

     (d) (c) "Tobacco product" means a preparation of tobacco to be

 

inhaled, chewed, or placed in a person's mouth.

 

     (e) (d) "Use a tobacco product" means any of the following:

 

     (i) The carrying by a person of a lighted cigar, cigarette,

 

pipe, or other lighted smoking device.

 

     (ii) The inhaling or chewing of a tobacco product.

 

     (iii) The placing of a tobacco product within a person's mouth.

 

     (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to that part of school

 

property consisting of outdoor areas including, but not limited to,

 

an open-air stadium, during either of the following time periods:

 

     (a) Saturdays, Sundays, and other days on which there are no

 

regularly scheduled school hours.

 

     (b) After 6 p.m. on days during which there are regularly

 

scheduled school hours.