Bill Text: MI HB4063 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Crimes; other; aiming a beam of directed energy from a directed energy device at or into path of aircraft or moving train; prohibit and provide penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Assigned Pa 29'17 With Immediate Effect [HB4063 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4063-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4063
January 24, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Cox and Barrett and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 43a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 43a. (1) A person shall not intentionally aim a beam of
directed energy emitted from a directed energy device at an
aircraft or into the path of an aircraft.
(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of
not more than $10,000.00, or both.
(3) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(a) An authorized individual in the conduct of research and
development or flight test operations conducted by an aircraft
manufacturer, the Federal Aviation Administration, or any other
person authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct
research and development or flight test operations.
(b) Members of the United States Department of Defense or the
United States Department of Homeland Security acting in an official
capacity for the purpose of research, development, operations,
testing, or training.
(c) A person using a laser emergency signaling device to send
an emergency distress signal.
(4) As used in this section, "directed energy device" means
any device that emits highly focused energy and is capable of
transferring that energy to a target to damage or interfere with
its operation. The energy from a directed energy device includes,
but is not limited to, the following forms of energy:
(a) Electromagnetic radiation, including radio frequency,
microwave, lasers, and masers.
(b) Particles with mass, in particle-beam weapons and devices.
(c) Sound, in sonic weapons and devices.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4064 (request no.
00081'17 a) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.
