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MICHIGAN STATE POLICE

Act 59 of 1935

AN ACT to provide for the public safety; to create the Michigan state police, and provide for the organization thereof; to transfer thereto the offices, duties and powers of the state fire marshal, the state oil inspector, the department of the Michigan state police as heretofore organized, and the department of public safety; to create the office of commissioner of the Michigan state police; to provide for an acting commissioner and for the appointment of the officers and members of said department; to prescribe their powers, duties, and immunities; to provide the manner of fixing their compensation; to provide for their removal from office; and to repeal Act No. 26 of the Public Acts of 1919, being sections 556 to 562, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929, and Act No. 123 of the Public Acts of 1921, as amended, being sections 545 to 555, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929.


History: 1935, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1935 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 152, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 28.1SectionMichigan state police; definitions.
Section 28.2SectionMichigan state police; creation; director, appointment, salary, oath of office, location of department.
Section 28.3SectionActing commissioner; designation, compensation, length of service.
Section 28.4SectionUniformed personnel and detective personnel; organization; highway patrol; classification of department members as officers and civilian employees; qualifications of officers; oath of office; hearing; dismissal.
Section 28.5SectionRepealed. 2006, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006.
Section 28.6SectionCommissioner and officers; powers and duties generally.
Section 28.6aSectionConservation officers; appointment by commissioner as state police officers.
Section 28.6bSectionRepealed. 2000, Act 197, Imd. Eff. June 22, 2000.
Section 28.6cSectionLimited arrest powers for certain security personnel; authorization; exercise; rescission; firearms; exclusion of security personnel from pension, accident, and disability plan.
Section 28.6dSectionMotor carrier enforcement; appointment of officers with limited arrest powers; firearms; circumstances permitting arrest without warrant; officer not entitled to membership in state police pension, accident, and disability plan or similar program.
Section 28.6eSectionLaw enforcement officer of Michigan Indian tribal police force; appointment; compensation; participation in pension or insurance plan; definitions.
Section 28.7SectionDuties of director.
Section 28.7aSectionRepealed. 1964, Act 256, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964.
Section 28.7bSectionQuarters and boarding.
Section 28.8SectionOfficers; grades; powers and duties; transportation of officers and civilian employees.
Section 28.9SectionRules and regulations of department adopted by commissioner.
Section 28.10SectionRepealed. 2002, Act 324, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002.
Section 28.11SectionRepealed. 1952, Act 253, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952.
Section 28.12SectionTrial board; members, powers; powers of commissioner as presiding officer.
Section 28.12aSectionInjury to person or property caused by negligent operation of motor vehicle by state police officer or employee; reimbursement.
Section 28.13SectionIncumbents; continuation; construction of act.
Section 28.14SectionDisposition of fees.
Section 28.15SectionBiennial report of commissioner to governor.
Section 28.16SectionFirearms safety program; public service announcements; “weapon free school zones” defined; availability of program and public service announcements.
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