Bill Text: MI HB4856 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Crimes; other; transporting medical marihuana in motor vehicle; allow under certain circumstances. Amends 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.1 - 750.568) by adding sec. 474.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 26-3)

Status: (Passed) 2012-12-31 - Assigned Pa 460'12 With Immediate Effect 2012 Addenda [HB4856 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4856-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4856

 

June 30, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Glardon, Haveman, Agema, Daley, Opsommer, Zorn, Rendon, Kurtz, Johnson, Ouimet, Roy Schmidt, Haines, Jenkins, Geiss, Lori, Yonker, Horn, Heise, Tyler, Cavanagh, Olson, Outman, Goike, Cotter, Price, Bledsoe, Callton, Knollenberg, Lyons and Jacobsen and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 474.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 474. A person shall not transport or possess medical

 

marihuana in or upon a motor vehicle or any self-propelled vehicle

 

designed for land travel unless the medical marihuana is 1 or more

 

of the following:

 

     (a) Enclosed in a case.

 

     (b) Carried in the trunk of the vehicle.

 

     (c) Inaccessible from the interior of the vehicle.

 

     (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or

 


a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "medical marihuana" means

 

marihuana regulated under the Michigan medical marihuana act, 2008

 

IL 1, MCL 333.26421 to 333.26430.

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