Bill Text: MI SB0207 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Law enforcement; other; arrest power for state property security officers; modify. Amends sec. 6c of 1935 PA 59 (MCL 28.6c).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-01-30 - Assigned Pa 05'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0207 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0207-Chaptered.html
Act No. 5
Public Acts of 2018
Approved by the Governor
January 26, 2018
Filed with the Secretary of State
January 26, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 26, 2018
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Senator Green
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 207
AN ACT 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,” by amending section 6c (MCL 28.6c).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 6c. (1) The director may authorize, in writing, on forms prescribed by the director or his or her designee, limited arrest powers for security personnel employed by the state for the protection of state owned or leased property and facilities. Limited arrest authority may be exercised only when the security employee is on a tour of duty as prescribed by the director upon state owned or leased property and the person is identified by a uniform as a state security employee. Limited arrest power is automatically rescinded upon termination of employment with the state. The director may authorize security employees to carry a firearm while on duty.
(2) A security employee granted limited arrest authority under this section is not entitled by reason of employment to become a member of a state police pension, accident, and disability plan established under the state police retirement act of 1986, 1986 PA 182, MCL 38.1601 to 38.1648, or other similar departmental program.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
