February 25, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Woodward, Spade, Hager, Gieleghem, Brandenburg, Smith, Stallworth, Dennis, O'Neil, Farrah, Bieda, Kooiman, Bradstreet, Pappageorge, Adamini, Middaugh, Sak, Tobocman, McConico, Williams, Vander Veen, Shackleton, Wojno, Condino, Phillips, Meisner, Anderson, Vagnozzi, Voorhees, Garfield, Shulman, Shaffer, Stewart, Rocca, Woronchak, Palmer, Ruth Johnson, Ehardt, Richardville, Bisbee, DeRossett, Julian, Hart, Reeves, Daniels and Rivet 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:
1 Sec. 143a. (1) A person shall not sell or rent a restricted
2 video game to a person who is less than 17 years of age. As used
3 in this section, "restricted video game" means a video game rated
4 AO or M by the entertainment software rating board.
5 (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a
6 misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days
7 or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.