Bill Text: MI SB0917 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Aeronautics; unmanned aerial systems; interference with public safety officials; revise list of included officials. Amends sec. 21 of 2016 PA 436 (MCL 259.321).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - Assigned Pa 0468'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0917 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0917-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 468

Public Acts of 2018

Approved by the Governor

December 24, 2018

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 27, 2018

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2019

STATE OF MICHIGAN

99TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

Introduced by Senators MacGregor, Jones, Booher and Casperson

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 917

AN ACT to amend 2016 PA 436, entitled “An act to provide for the operation and regulation of unmanned aircraft systems in this state; to create the unmanned aircraft systems task force; to provide for the powers and duties of state and local governmental officers and entities; and to prohibit conduct related to the operation of unmanned aircraft systems and prescribe penalties,” by amending section 21 (MCL 259.321).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 21. An individual shall not knowingly and intentionally operate an unmanned aircraft system in a manner that interferes with the official duties of any of the following:

(a) A law enforcement official, as that term is defined in section 7 of chapter III of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 763.7.

(b) A firefighter.

(c) Emergency medical services personnel, as that term is defined in section 20904 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20904.

(d) Search and rescue personnel.

(e) A state correctional officer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the correctional officers’ training act of 1982, 1982 PA 415, MCL 791.502, or any other individual employed by the department of corrections.

(f) A local corrections officer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the local corrections officers training act, 2003 PA 125, MCL 791.532.

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