Bill Text: MI HB4287 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes; robbery; penalties for possession of weapon during a robbery; increase. Amends sec. 529 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.529).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/01/2017 [HB4287 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4287-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4287

 

 

March 1, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Kesto and Iden and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 529 (MCL 750.529), as amended by 2004 PA 128.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 529. A person who engages in conduct proscribed under

 

section 530 and who in the course of engaging in that conduct,

 

possesses a dangerous weapon or an article used or fashioned in a

 

manner to lead any person present to reasonably believe the article

 

is a dangerous weapon, or who represents orally or otherwise that

 

he or she is in possession of a dangerous weapon, is guilty of a

 

felony punishable by imprisonment for life or for any term of

 

years. If an aggravated assault or serious injury is inflicted by

 

any person while violating this section, the person shall be

 

sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 2 5

 

years.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.