HOUSE BILL No. 5764


     May 10, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Callahan and referred to the Committee on Criminal Law and Corrections.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 136c.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 136C.  (1) A PERSON SHALL NOT TRANSFER OR ATTEMPT TO

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      TRANSFER THE LEGAL OR PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF AN INDIVIDUAL LESS THAN

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      18 YEARS OLD OR A VULNERABLE ADULT TO ANOTHER PERSON FOR MONEY OR

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      OTHER VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY

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      LAW.

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           (2) A PERSON SHALL NOT ACQUIRE OR ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE THE

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      LEGAL OR PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF AN INDIVIDUAL LESS THAN 18 YEARS OLD

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      OR A VULNERABLE ADULT FOR MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLE CONSIDERATION

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      FROM ANOTHER PERSON, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW.






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           (3) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY

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      PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 15 YEARS OR A FINE

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      OF NOT MORE THAN $75,000.00, OR BOTH.

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           (4) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VULNERABLE ADULT" MEANS THAT

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      TERM AS DEFINED IN SECTION 145M.














































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