HB-5442, As Passed Senate, June 9, 2016

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5442

A bill to prescribe the public threat alert system as the

official response to public threat situations in this state; and to

provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local

governmental officers and authorities.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

"public threat alert system act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act, "public threat" means a clear,

present, persistent, ongoing, and random threat to public safety. A

public threat includes, but is not limited to, an act of terrorism,

an unresolved mass shooting, or an unresolved mass shooting spree.

Sec. 3. (1) The department of state police shall establish and

maintain the public threat alert system plan.

(2) The public threat alert system plan shall be designed to

rapidly disseminate useful information in a predetermined manner to

radio and televisions stations within this state and to wireless

devices through the existing wireless emergency alert system

operated under federal law.

(3) The public threat alert system plan shall be activated

only in accordance with the policies established by the department

of state police.

Sec. 4. (1) A person shall not intentionally make a false

report of a public threat, or intentionally cause a false report of

a public threat to be made, to a peace officer, police agency of

this state or of a local unit of government, 9-1-1 operator, or any

other governmental employee or contractor or employee of a

contractor who is authorized to receive the report, knowing that

the report is false. A person who violates this section 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.

(2) The court may order a person convicted under this section

to pay to the state or a local unit of government and the media the

costs of responding to the false report or threat, including, but

not limited to, the use of police or fire emergency response

vehicles and teams, under section 1f of chapter IX of the code of

criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.1f.

Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

date it is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This act does not take effect unless all

of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are enacted into