Bill Text: MI HB4566 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Weapons; firearms; sentencing guidelines; update references. Amends sec. 12, ch. IX & sec. 16m, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 769.12 & 777.16m). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4565'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/02/2017 [HB4566 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL No. 4566

 

 

May 2, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Hornberger, LaFave, Barrett, Johnson, Glenn, Noble, Lucido and Chirkun and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

      A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending section 12 of chapter IX and section 16m of chapter

 

XVII (MCL 769.12 and 777.16m), section 12 of chapter IX as

 

amended by 2012 PA 319 and section 16m of chapter XVII as amended

 

by 2014 PA 192.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1                            CHAPTER IX

 

 2        Sec. 12. (1) If a person has been convicted of any

 

 3  combination of 3 or more felonies or attempts to commit felonies,

 

 4  whether the convictions occurred in this state or would have been

 

 5  for felonies or attempts to commit felonies in this state if

 

 6  obtained in this state, and that person commits a subsequent

 

 7  felony within this state, the person shall be punished upon

 

 8  conviction of the subsequent felony and sentencing under section


 

 1  13 of this chapter as follows:

 

 2        (a) If the subsequent felony is a serious crime or a

 

 3  conspiracy to commit a serious crime, and 1 or more of the prior

 

 4  felony convictions are listed prior felonies, the court shall

 

 5  sentence the person to imprisonment for not less than 25 years.

 

 6  Not more than 1 conviction arising out of the same transaction

 

 7  shall be considered a prior felony conviction for the purposes of

 

 8  this subsection only.

 

 9        (b) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

10  conviction by imprisonment for a maximum term of 5 years or more

 

11  or for life, the court, except as otherwise provided in this

 

12  section or section 1 of chapter XI, may sentence the person to

 

13  imprisonment for life or for a lesser term.

 

14        (c) If the subsequent felony is punishable upon a first

 

15  conviction by imprisonment for a maximum term that is less than 5

 

16  years, the court, except as otherwise provided in this section or

 

17  section 1 of chapter XI, may sentence the person to imprisonment

 

18  for a maximum term of not more than 15 years.

 

19        (d) If the subsequent felony is a major controlled substance

 

20  offense, the person shall be punished as provided by part 74 of

 

21  the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7401 to 333.7461.

 

22        (2) If the court imposes a sentence of imprisonment for any

 

23  term of years under this section, the court shall fix the length

 

24  of both the minimum and maximum sentence within any specified

 

25  limits in terms of years or a fraction of a year, and the

 

26  sentence so imposed shall be considered an indeterminate

 

27  sentence. The court shall not fix a maximum sentence that is less


 

 1  than the maximum term for a first conviction.

 

 2        (3) A conviction shall not be used to enhance a sentence

 

 3  under this section if that conviction is used to enhance a

 

 4  sentence under a statute that prohibits use of the conviction for

 

 5  further enhancement under this section.

 

 6        (4) An offender sentenced under this section or section 10

 

 7  or 11 of this chapter for an offense other than a major

 

 8  controlled substance offense is not eligible for parole until

 

 9  expiration of the following:

 

10        (a) For a prisoner other than a prisoner subject to

 

11  disciplinary time, the minimum term fixed by the sentencing judge

 

12  at the time of sentence unless the sentencing judge or a

 

13  successor gives written approval for parole at an earlier date

 

14  authorized by law.

 

15        (b) For a prisoner subject to disciplinary time, the minimum

 

16  term fixed by the sentencing judge.

 

17        (5) This section and sections 10 and 11 of this chapter are

 

18  not in derogation of other provisions of law that permit or

 

19  direct the imposition of a consecutive sentence for a subsequent

 

20  felony.

 

21        (6) As used in this section:

 

22        (a) "Listed prior felony" means a violation or attempted

 

23  violation of any of the following:

 

24        (i) Section 602a(4) or (5) or 625(4) of the Michigan vehicle

 

25  code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.602a and 257.625.

 

26        (ii) Article 7 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

27  333.7101 to 333.7545, that is punishable by imprisonment for more


 

 1  than 4 years.

 

 2        (iii) Section 72, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 110a(2)

 

 3  or (3), 136b(2) or (3), 145n(1) or (2), 157b, 197c, 226, 227,

 

 4  234a, 234b, 234c, 317, 321, 329, 349, 349a, 350, 397, 411h(2)(b),

 

 5  411i, 479a(4) or (5), 520b, 520c, 520d, 520g, 529, 529a, or 530

 

 6  of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.72, 750.82,

 

 7  750.83, 750.84, 750.85, 750.86, 750.87, 750.88, 750.89, 750.91,

 

 8  750.110a, 750.136b, 750.145n, 750.157b, 750.197c, 750.226,

 

 9  750.227, 750.234a, 750.234b, 750.234c, 750.317, 750.321, 750.329,

 

10  750.349, 750.349a, 750.350, 750.397, 750.411h, 750.411i,

 

11  750.479a, 750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520g, 750.529,

 

12  750.529a, and 750.530.

 

13        (iv) A second or subsequent violation or attempted violation

 

14  of section 227b of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL

 

15  750.227b.

 

16        (v) Section 2a of 1968 PA 302, MCL 752.542a.

 

17        (b) "Prisoner subject to disciplinary time" means that term

 

18  as defined in section 34 of 1893 PA 118, MCL 800.34.

 

19        (c) "Serious crime" means an offense against a person in

 

20  violation of section 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 317, 321, 349, 349a,

 

21  350, 397, 520b, 520c, 520d, 520g(1), 529, or 529a of the Michigan

 

22  penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.83, 750.84, 750.86, 750.88,

 

23  750.89, 750.317, 750.321, 750.349, 750.349a, 750.350, 750.397,

 

24  750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520g, 750.529, and 750.529a.

 

25                           CHAPTER XVII

 

26        Sec. 16m. This chapter applies to the following felonies

 

27  enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:


 

 

1

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

2

750.223(2)

Pub saf

F

Sale of firearm to minor — subsequent offense

4

3

750.223(3)

Pub ord

D

Sale of firearm to person prohibited from possessing

10

4

750.224

Pub saf

E

Manufacture or sale of silencer, bomb, blackjack, automatic weapon, gas spray, etc.

5

5

750.224a(4)

Pub saf

F

Possession or sale of electrical current weapons

4

6

750.224a(6)

Pub saf

G

Improper use of electro-muscular disruption device

2

7

750.224b

Pub saf

E

Possession of short barreled shotgun or rifle

5

8

750.224c

Pub saf

F

Armor piercing ammunition

4

9

750.224d(2)

Person

G

Using self-defense spray device

2

10

750.224e

Pub saf

F

Manufacture/sale/ possession of devices to convert semiautomatic weapons

4

11

750.224f(5)

Pub saf

E

Possession or sale of firearm by felon

5

12

750.224f(6)

Pub saf

E

Possession or sale of ammunition by felon

5

13

750.226

Pub saf

E

Carrying firearm or dangerous weapon with unlawful intent

5

14

750.227

Pub saf

E

Carrying a concealed weapon

5

15

750.227a

Pub saf

F

Unlawful possession of pistol

4


1

750.227c

Pub saf

G

Possessing a loaded firearm in or upon a vehicle

2

2

750.227f

Pub saf

F

Wearing body armor during commission of certain crimes

4

3

750.227g(1)

Pub saf

F

Felon purchasing, owning, possessing, or using body armor

4

4

750.230

Pub saf

G

Altering ID mark on firearm

2

5

750.232a(3)

Pub saf

G

False statement in a pistol application

4

6

750.234a(1)(a)

Pub saf

D

Discharging firearm from vehicle

10

7

750.234a(1)(b)

Person

C

Discharging firearm from vehicle causing physical injury

15

8

750.234a(1)(c)

Person

B

Discharging firearm from vehicle causing serious impairment

20

9

750.234a(1)(d)

Person

A

Discharging firearm from vehicle causing death

Life

10

750.234b(1)

Pub saf

D

Discharging firearm at a dwelling or potentially occupied structure

10

11

750.234b(2)

Pub saf

D

Discharging firearm in a dwelling or potentially occupied structure

10

12

750.234b(3)

Pub saf

C

Discharging firearm in or at a dwelling or potentially occupied structure causing physical injury

15

13

750.234b(4)

Person

B

Discharging firearm in or at a dwelling or potentially occupied structure causing serious impairment

20


1

750.234b(5)

Person

A

Discharging firearm in or at a dwelling or potentially occupied structure causing death

Life

2

750.234c

Pub saf

F

Discharging firearm at emergency/police vehicle

4

3

750.236

Person

C

Setting spring gun — death resulting

15

4

750.237(3)

Person

E

Using firearm while under the influence or impaired causing serious impairment

5

5

750.237(4)

Person

C

Using firearm while under the influence or impaired causing death

15

 

 

 6        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

 7  unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4565 (request no.

 

 8  01503'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.

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