SENATE BILL No. 291

 

 

February 28, 2007, Introduced by Senators KAHN and PAPPAGEORGE 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 411u.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 411u. (1) If an individual who is an associate or a

 

member of a gang commits a felony and the individual's association

 

or membership in the gang provides the motive, means, or

 

opportunity to commit the felony, the individual is guilty of a

 

felony punishable as follows:

 

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),

 

imprisonment for not less than 2 years or more than 20 years.

 

     (b) If the individual has 1 prior conviction for violating

 

this subsection, imprisonment for not less than 5 years or more

 

than 20 years.

 


     (c) If the individual has 2 or more prior convictions for

 

violating this subsection, imprisonment for not less than 10 years

 

or more than 20 years.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "gang" means a group of

 

individuals, including, but not limited to, individuals less than

 

18 years of age working to unlawful or antisocial ends.

 

     (3) A sentence imposed under this section is in addition to

 

the sentence imposed for the conviction of the underlying felony or

 

the attempt to commit the underlying felony and may be ordered to

 

be served consecutively with and preceding any term of imprisonment

 

imposed for the conviction of the felony or attempt to commit the

 

felony.