Bill Text: MI SB0917 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Aeronautics; unmanned aerial systems; interference with public safety officials; revise list of included officials. Amends sec. 21 of 2016 PA 436 (MCL 259.321).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - Assigned Pa 0468'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0917 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0917-Engrossed.html
SB-0917, As Passed Senate, September 26, 2018
SENATE BILL No. 917
March 21, 2018, Introduced by Senators MACGREGOR, JONES, BOOHER and CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 2016 PA 436, entitled
"Unmanned aircraft systems act,"
by amending section 21 (MCL 259.321).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 21. An individual shall not knowingly and intentionally
operate an unmanned aircraft system in a manner that interferes
with the official duties of any of the following:
(a)
A police officer.law
enforcement official, as that term is
defined in section 7 of chapter III of the code of criminal
procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 763.7.
(b) A firefighter.
(c)
A paramedic.Emergency
medical services personnel, as that
term is defined in section 20904 of the public health code, 1978 PA
368, MCL 333.20904.
(d) Search and rescue personnel.
(e) A state correctional officer, as that term is defined in
section 2 of the correctional officers' training act of 1982, 1982
PA 415, MCL 791.502.
(f) A local corrections officer, as that term is defined in
section 2 of the local corrections officers training act, 2003 PA
125, MCL 791.532.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
