SB-0580, As Passed Senate, October 25, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 145e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 145e. (1) An individual who is responsible for the care

 

of a child and who knows or has reason to know that the child is

 

missing shall immediately report that the child is missing to a

 

police agency. For purposes of this section, an individual has

 

reason to know the child is missing if the individual does not know

 

the location of the child and has not been in contact with the

 

child within a 24-hour period.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if either of the following

 

conditions exists:

 

     (a) The child goes missing while the child was under the care

 

of another person who is required by law to report the absence of

 

the child.

 

     (b) The individual is unable to report the child as missing as

 

prescribed in subsection (1), if he or she immediately reports the

 

child as missing when able to do so.

 

     (3) The requirements for reporting a missing child under

 

subsection (1) are met if the individual contacts a 9-1-1 emergency

 

operator and reports the child as missing and provides his or her

 

own name and address to the 9-1-1 emergency operator.

 

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

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of

 

not more than $5,000.00, or both.

 

     (5) This section shall be known and may be cited as "Caylee

 

Anthony's law".

 

     (6) As used in this section, "child" means an individual less

 

than 13 years of age.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 626 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.