JURISDICTION OF AIRPORT POLICE                                                                H.B. 5181:

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 5181 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Representative Kurt Heise

House Committee:  Criminal Justice

Senate Committee:  Judiciary

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to do the following:

-- Include a public airport authority peace officer in provisions that allow peace officers to exercise their authority and power outside the geographical boundaries of their employing entity under certain circumstances.

-- Allow a peace officer to exercise his or her authority and powers outside the geographical boundaries, if a public airport authority peace officer witnessed a violation that occurred within the airspace above the airport authority but while the person committing the violation was outside the public airport authority.

The Code authorizes a peace officer of a county, city, village, township, or university to exercise the authority and powers of a peace officer outside the geographical boundaries of the officer's county, city, village, township, or university if the officer is enforcing the laws of this State in conjunction with the Michigan State Police or in conjunction with a peace officer of any other county, city, village, township, or university in which the officer may be.

An officer also may exercise peace officer authority and powers outside the geographical boundaries of his or her municipality or university if the officer has witnessed an individual violate any of the following within the geographical boundaries of the officer's county, city, village, township, or university and immediately pursues that individual outside of those geographical boundaries:

-- A State law or administrative rule.

-- A local ordinance.

-- A State law, administrative rule, or local ordinance, the violation of which is a civil infraction, municipal civil infraction, or State civil infraction.

The bill would include a peace officer of a public airport authority in those provisions.

MCL 764.2a                                                            Legislative Analyst:  Patrick Affholter

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  9-27-16                                                     Fiscal Analyst:  Bruce Baker

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.