Bill Text: MI SB0368 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Crimes; other; penalties for transporting for the purpose of female genital mutilation; provide for. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 136a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-12 - Assigned Pa 0071'17 With Immediate Effect [SB0368 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0368-Engrossed.html
SB-0368, As Passed House, June 15, 2017
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 368
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 136a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 136a. (1) A person shall not knowingly transport a person
from this state for the purpose of conduct with regard to that
person that would be a violation of section 136 if the conduct
occurred in this state.
(2) A person shall not knowingly facilitate a violation of
subsection (1).
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years.
(4) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that
the person on whom the operation is performed, or any other person,
believes that the operation is required as a matter of custom or
ritual, or that the person on whom the operation is performed, or
that person's parent or guardian, consented to the operation.
(5) A violation of this section by a person licensed under the
public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211, is
grounds for permanent revocation of that license.
(6) This section does not prohibit a person from being charged
with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law
arising out of the same transaction as the violation of this
section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
