HOUSE BILL No. 5949


     April 23, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Lockwood, Hale, Woodward, Bovin, Palmer, Mans, Spade, Zelenko, Anderson, Plakas, Vander
Veen, Middaugh, Murphy, Kooiman, Stewart, Ruth Johnson, Pappageorge, Neumann, Jacobs, Gosselin, Hager, Voorhees, O'Neil, Dennis,
Lipsey, Bogardus, Julian, Phillips, Jansen, Hardman, Reeves, Thomas and Richardville and referred to the Committee on Commerce.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 143a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             SEC. 143A.  (1) A PERSON SHALL NOT SELL OR RENT A RESTRICTED

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        VIDEO GAME TO A PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN 17 YEARS OF AGE.  AS USED

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        IN THIS SECTION, "RESTRICTED VIDEO GAME" MEANS A VIDEO GAME RATED

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        AO OR M BY THE ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE RATING BOARD.

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             (2) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDE-

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        MEANOR PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 90 DAYS OR A

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        FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000.00, OR BOTH.










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