SENATE BILL No. 238

 

 

March 25, 2015, Introduced by Senators HOOD, GREGORY, BIEDA, HANSEN and KNEZEK and referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 80172 (MCL 324.80172), as added by 1995 PA 58.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 80172. A person who, by the operation of any vessel at an

 

immoderate rate of speed or in a careless, reckless, or negligent

 

manner, but not willfully or wantonly, injures so as to cripple

 

cause a serious impairment of bodily function as defined in section

 

82126c or cause the death of another is guilty of a misdemeanor ,

 

and shall be imprisoned for not more than 2 years , or fined not

 

more than $2,000.00, or both.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.