Bill Text: MI HB4251 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Law enforcement; other; cyberbullying public awareness campaign; create. Amends 1935 PA 59 (MCL 28.1 - 28.16) by adding sec. 17.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-16 - Printed Bill Filed 02/16/2011 [HB4251 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4251-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4251

 

February 15, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Slavens, Brown and Segal and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill 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,"

 

(MCL 28.1 to 28.16) by adding section 17.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17. (1) As used in this section, "cyberbullying" means

 

that term as defined in section 2 of the cyberbullying reporting

 

act.

 

     (2) The department shall establish and maintain a

 

cyberbullying awareness campaign to educate children, parents and

 

guardians, school officials, and other members of the public who

 

work with Michigan youth about the dangers and consequences of

 

cyberbullying.

 

     (3) The department shall produce or arrange for the production

 

of public service announcements to carry out the cyberbullying

 

awareness campaign. The department shall include in the public

 

service announcements information about the Michigan school

 

violence hotline and how it can be used to report incidents of

 

cyberbullying.

 

     (4) The department shall make the public service announcements

 

described in subsection (3) available to television and radio

 

stations throughout this state.