Bill Text: MI HB4143 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Law enforcement; other; list of qualified volunteers authorized to patrol school premises; require the department of state police to maintain. Amends 1935 PA 59 (MCL 28.1 - 28.16) by adding sec. 15a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4144'17, HB 4145'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/02/2017 [HB4143 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4143-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4143
February 2, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Kosowski, Iden and Sheppard and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1935 PA 59, entitled
"An act to provide for the public safety; to create the Michigan
state police, and provide for the organization thereof; to transfer
thereto the offices, duties and powers of the state fire marshal,
the state oil inspector, the department of the Michigan state
police as heretofore organized, and the department of public
safety; to create the office of commissioner of the Michigan state
police; to provide for an acting commissioner and for the
appointment of the officers and members of said department; to
prescribe their powers, duties, and immunities; to provide the
manner of fixing their compensation; to provide for their removal
from office; and to repeal Act No. 26 of the Public Acts of 1919,
being sections 556 to 562, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929,
and Act No. 123 of the Public Acts of 1921, as amended, being
sections 545 to 555, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929,"
(MCL 28.1 to 28.16) by adding section 15a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 15a. (1) The department shall maintain a list of
qualified volunteers to patrol school premises as provided in
section 1241 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1241,
and shall make the list available to the board of a school district
or intermediate school district, board of directors of a public
school academy, or governing body of a state-approved nonpublic
school.
(2) The department shall ensure that each individual appearing
on the list in subsection (1) is a qualified volunteer. In order to
be listed under subsection (1), an individual must be a currently
or formerly licensed or certified law enforcement officer under the
Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203,
MCL 28.601 to 28.615. In addition, an individual who is a formerly
licensed or certified law enforcement officer shall do all of the
following:
(a) Submit to a criminal history check in the same manner as a
school employee under section 1230 of the revised school code, 1976
PA 451, MCL 380.1230, and again submit to a criminal history check
every 5 years after his or her inclusion on the list of qualified
volunteers.
(b) Pay for the costs of the criminal history check.
(c) Be certified to carry a concealed firearm under 18 USC
926C and the Michigan retired law enforcement officer's firearm
carry act, 2008 PA 537, MCL 28.511 to 28.527.
(3) The department shall exclude an individual from the list
of qualified volunteers meeting the requirements of subsection (2)
who would otherwise be excluded from employment under the revised
school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852.
(4) The department shall provide a paper or electronic copy of
the list of qualified volunteers maintained under subsection (1)
upon the request of a board of a school district or intermediate
school district, board of directors of a public school academy, or
governing body of a state-approved nonpublic school.
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 all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4145(request no.
01483'17).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4144(request no.
01484'17).
