Bill Text: MI SB0020 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Criminal procedure: jurisdiction; venue for prosecution of delivery of a controlled substance causing death; modify. Amends sec. 317a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.317a). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0021'19
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-09-30 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SB0020 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0020-Engrossed.html
SENATE BILL NO. 20
January 15, 2019, Introduced by Senator ZORN
and referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 317a (MCL 750.317a), as added by 2005 PA 167.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 317a. (1) A person who delivers a schedule 1 or 2 controlled substance, other than marihuana, to another person in violation of section 7401 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401, that is consumed by that person or any other person and that causes the death of that person or other person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or any term of years.
(2) A violation of this section may be prosecuted in the county in which any of the following occurred:
(a) The county in which delivery of the controlled substance was made.
(b) The county in which the controlled substance was consumed.
(c) The county in which the death caused by the delivery of the controlled substance occurred.
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. 21
of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.
