Bill Text: MI SB0919 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Aeronautics; unmanned aerial systems; criminal responsibility for use of unmanned aerial vehicle; define as an extension of the person. Amends 2016 PA 436 (MCL 259.301 - 259.331) by adding sec. 20.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-09-27 - Referred To Committee On Communications And Technology [SB0919 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0919-Engrossed.html

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SB-0919, As Passed Senate, September 26, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 919

 

 

March 21, 2018, Introduced by Senators JONES, MACGREGOR, BOOHER and CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 436, entitled

 

"Unmanned aircraft systems act,"

 

(MCL 259.301 to 259.331) by adding section 20.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 20. (1) For purposes of the penal law of this state, an

 

unmanned aircraft system is an extension of the individual who is

 

operating the unmanned aircraft system.

 

     (2) In a prosecution for a violation of a penal law of this

 

state, it is not a defense that a person used an unmanned aircraft

 

system to carry out the violation.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.