Bill Text: MI SB0688 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Crimes; perjury; unsworn declaration made under penalty of perjury; include as a statement punishable as perjury. Amends sec. 423 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.423). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0689'11
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-27 - Assigned Pa 0360'12 [SB0688 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0688-Engrossed.html
SB-0688, As Passed House, November 29, 2012
SENATE BILL No. 688
September 20, 2011, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 423 (MCL 750.423).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
423. (1) Definition—Any
person authorized by any a
statute of this state to take an oath, or any person of whom an
oath
shall be is required by law, who shall wilfully swear
willfully
swears falsely , in regard to any matter or thing ,
respecting
which such the oath is authorized or required ,
shall be
is
guilty of perjury, a felony , punishable by imprisonment in the
state
prison for not more than 15 years.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to a person who willfully makes a
false declaration in a record that is signed by the person and
given under penalty of perjury. As used in this subsection:
(a) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
Senate Bill No. 688 as amended November 28, 2012
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
(b) "Signed" means the person did either of the following to
authenticate or adopt the record:
(i) Executed or adopted a tangible symbol.
(ii) Attached to or logically associated with the record an
electronic symbol, sound, or process.
[Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect April 1,
2013.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 689 of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.
]
