Act No. 51

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

March 31, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 31, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 1998

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Senators Cisky, Gougeon, Schwarz, Rogers, Schuette, Gast, Steil, Hoffman, DeGrow, McManus, Vaughn, Miller, Hart, Dingell, Conroy, Byrum, Koivisto, North, Bennett, Dunaskiss, Peters, Stallings, V. Smith, O'Brien, DeBeaussaert, Bullard, Berryman, Cherry, Bouchard, Stille and Shugars

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 614

AN ACT to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled ''An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to community colleges; to provide for the creation of community college districts; to provide a charter for such districts; to provide for the government, control and administration of such districts; to provide for the election of a board of trustees; to define the powers and duties of the board of trustees; to provide for the assessment, levy, collection and return of taxes therefor; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,'' (MCL 389.1 to 389.195) by adding sections 128, 129, 130, and 131.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 128. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the board of trustees of a community college created under this act may grant to the public safety officers or police officers of that community college the powers and authority of a peace or law enforcement officer. Public safety officers or police officers granted the powers and authority under this act shall have the same powers and authority of a peace officer under the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 760.1 to 776.22, and as provided under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

(2) Before granting the powers and authority provided under subsection (1), a board of trustees of a community college shall conduct not less than 2 public hearings.

(3) The board of trustees of a community college shall not grant the powers and authority described in subsection(1) unless that board of trustees creates a public safety oversight committee. The public safety oversight committee shall be comprised of 2 members of the faculty and 2 members of the staff of the community college. The public safety oversight committee shall receive and address grievances by persons against the public safety officers or police officers or against the public safety department or police department of that community college. The committee may recommend to the board of trustees or the administration of that community college that disciplinary measures be taken against a public safety officer or police officer who is found responsible for misconduct in office.

Sec. 129. (1) The jurisdiction of public safety officers or police officers granted powers and authority of peace or law enforcement officers under section 128 shall include all property owned or leased by the community college in this state and extends to the public right-of-way traversing or contiguous to that property.

(2) The jurisdiction of public safety officers or police officers under subsection (1) is limited to the protection of persons and property on the property of that community college unless an emergency response is made off campus at the specific request of another law enforcement agency.

Sec. 130. Public safety officers or police officers of a community college to whom the powers and authority of a peace or law enforcement officer are granted under section 1 shall meet the minimum standards of the Michigan law enforcement officers training council act of 1965, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.616.

Sec. 131. The public safety department or police department of each community college shall submit monthly uniform crime reports pertaining to crimes within the department's jurisdiction to the department of state police as prescribed in section 1 of 1968 PA 319, MCL 28.251.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 89th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 758.

(b) Senate Bill No. 759.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.