Bill Text: MI HB5942 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Law enforcement; other; federal government checkpoints; prohibit participation by state and local law enforcement, Michigan national guard members, and state and local employees. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-11-13 - Printed Bill Filed 11/13/2014 [HB5942 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5942-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5942

 

November 12, 2014, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

 

     A bill to prohibit an agency of this state, a political

 

subdivision of this state, an employee of an agency of this state

 

or a political subdivision of this state, or a member of the

 

Michigan national guard from assisting the government of the United

 

States in stopping drivers on the roads and highways of this state.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Agency of this state" means an agency, department,

 

commission, court, board, council, or statutorily created task

 

force of this state. Agency of this state includes a public

 

university or college in this state, whether established as a

 

constitutional corporation or otherwise.

 

     (b) "Law enforcement officer" means that term as defined in

 

section 2 of the commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965

 

PA 203, MCL 28.602.

 

     (c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,

 

association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

 

     (d) "Political subdivision of this state" means a city,

 

village, township, county, county road commission, school district,

 

community college district, port district, metropolitan district,

 

or transportation authority or a combination of 2 or more of these

 

when acting jointly; a district or authority authorized by law or

 

formed by 1 or more political subdivisions; or an agency,

 

department, court, board, or council of a political subdivision.

 

     Sec. 3. An agency of this state, political subdivision of this

 

state, employee of an agency of this state or a political

 

subdivision of this state acting in his or her official capacity,

 

including, but not limited to, a law enforcement officer, or a

 

member of the Michigan national guard on active state service shall

 

not aid the government of the United States or a person who

 

contracts with the government of the United States in an activity

 

in which drivers are stopped on a road or highway in this state.