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