HOUSE BILL No. 5543


     March 23, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Birkholz, Scranton, Voorhees, Toy, Tabor, Baird, Gilbert, Caul, Middaugh, DeRossett,
Rocca and Ruth Johnson and referred to the Committee on Family and Civil Law.


        A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled

   "Probate code of 1939,"

   (MCL 710.21 to 712A.32) by adding section 19e to chapter XIIA.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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                                 CHAPTER XIIA

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           SEC. 19E.  (1) THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY SHALL ESTAB-

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      LISH A SERVICE WITH A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER THAT WILL PRO-

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      VIDE TO A CALLER FROM ANYWHERE IN THE STATE THE ADDRESS OF THE

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      EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDER THAT IS NEAREST TO THE CALLER.

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           (2) THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY SHALL PUBLISH AND DIS-

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      TRIBUTE ON A REGULAR BASIS A PAMPHLET THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION

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      TO THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FROM PROSECUTION

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      FOR ABANDONMENT PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 135 OF THE MICHIGAN PENAL

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      CODE, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.135, TO A PERSON WHO DELIVERS AN

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      INFANT TO AN EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDER.  THE PAMPHLET SHALL


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      PROMINENTLY DISPLAY THE TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER ESTABLISHED

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      UNDER SUBSECTION (1).

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           (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDER"

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      MEANS EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDER AS DEFINED IN SECTION 19D OF

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      THIS CHAPTER.














































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