HOUSE BILL No. 5494

 

 

January 30, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Hoitenga, Lower, Hauck and Barrett and referred to the Committee on Communications and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 436, entitled

 

"Unmanned aircraft systems act,"

 

(MCL 259.301 to 259.331) by adding section 20.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 20. (1) For purposes of the penal law of this state, an

 

unmanned aircraft system is an extension of the individual who is

 

operating the unmanned aircraft system.

 

     (2) In a prosecution for a violation of a penal law of this

 

state, it is not a defense that a person used an unmanned aircraft

 

system to carry out the violation.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.