Bill Text: MI HB4063 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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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-Engrossed.html

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HB-4063, As Passed Senate, April 25, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     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 or a moving train.

 

     (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 House Bill No. 4064 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.