March 27, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Sak, Rivet, Vander Veen, Bieda, Gaffney, Pastor, LaJoy, Voorhees, Anderson, Phillips, Vagnozzi, Paletko, Murphy, Woodward, Hoogendyk, Tobocman and Gieleghem and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 81e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 81e. (1) An individual who assaults and batters
2 another individual under any of the following circumstances and
3 causes any physical injury to that other individual is guilty of
4 a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or
5 a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both:
6 (a) The other individual is an employee of a public transit
7 authority and is operating a public transit vehicle or is
8 performing duties associated with the operation of a public
9 transit vehicle.
10 (b) The other individual is a passenger on a public transit
11 vehicle or is entering into or exiting from a public transit
1 vehicle.
2 (c) The other individual is in a location designated in
3 compliance with state or local law as an area for use by public
4 transit vehicles in picking up or discharging passengers.
5 (d) The other individual is in a facility or area that is
6 owned or operated by a public transit authority and that is for
7 use in providing transportation services to the general public,
8 including a parking lot for visitors.
9 (2) As used in this section:
10 (a) "Public transit authority" means an entity of a local
11 unit of government of this state or a combination of local units
12 of government of this state that is authorized by law to provide
13 transportation services to the general public.
14 (b) "Public transit vehicle" means a vehicle used by a
15 public transit authority to provide transportation services to
16 the general public.