December 12, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Leland, Gonzales, Polidori, Brown, Hopgood, Melton, Accavitti, Bieda, Donigan, Farrah, Casperson, Mayes, Knollenberg, Nitz and Huizenga 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 81e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 81e. (1) An individual who assaults and batters another
individual under any of the following circumstances and causes any
physical injury to that other individual is guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of
not more than $2,000.00, or both:
(a) The other individual is an employee of a public transit
authority and is operating a public transit vehicle or is
performing duties associated with the operation of a public transit
vehicle.
(b) The other individual is a passenger on a public transit
vehicle or is entering into or exiting from a public transit
vehicle.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Public transit authority" means an entity of a local unit
of government of this state or a combination of local units of
government of this state that is authorized by law to provide
transportation services to the general public.
(b) "Public transit vehicle" means a vehicle used by a public
transit authority to provide transportation services to the general
public.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5562(request no.
05938'07) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.