Act No. 514

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

January 7, 1999

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 8, 1999

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 1999

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Senators Bouchard and Shugars

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1224

AN ACT to amend 1909 PA 17, entitled "An act to prohibit or limit the access by prisoners and by employees of correctional facilities to certain weapons and to alcoholic liquor, drugs, medicines, poisons, and controlled substances in, on, or outside of correctional facilities; to prohibit or limit the bringing into or onto certain facilities and real property, and the disposition of, certain weapons and substances; to prohibit or limit the selling, giving, or furnishing of certain weapons and substances to prisoners; to prohibit the control or possession of certain weapons and substances by prisoners; and to prescribe penalties," by amending section 1a (MCL 800.281a), as added by 1982 PA 343.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1a. As used in this act:

(a) "Alcoholic liquor" means any spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented liquor, liquid, or compound whether or not medicated, containing 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume and which is or readily can be made suitable for beverage purposes.

(b) "Chief administrator" means the warden, superintendent, or other employee approved or designated by the department of corrections as the chief administrative officer of a correctional facility.

(c) "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules 1 to 5 of part 72 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7201 to 333.7231.

(d) "Department" means the department of corrections.

(e) "Correctional facility" means any of the following:

(i) A state prison, reformatory, work camp, or community corrections center.

(ii) A youth correctional facility operated by the department or a private vendor under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.232.

(iii) A privately operated community corrections center or resident home which houses prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department.

(iv) The land on which a facility described in subparagraph (i), (ii), or (iii) is located.

(f) "Prescription drug" means prescription drug as defined in section 17708 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17708.

(g) "Prisoner" means a person committed to the jurisdiction of the department who has not been released on parole or discharged.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.