Act No. 148

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

May 23, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 24, 2006

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 22, 2006

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Reps. Emmons, Elsenheimer, Garfield, LaJoy, Palsrok, Green, Farhat, Shaffer, Sak, Jones, Casperson, Gosselin, Hoogendyk, Ward, Hildenbrand, Taub, Baxter, Farrah, Anderson, Pavlov, Schuitmaker, Marleau, Rocca, Stahl, Meisner, Gaffney, Hune, Lipsey, Sheltrown, Hopgood, Zelenko, Mortimer, Nitz, Acciavatti, Ball, Drolet, Palmer, Robertson, Clack, Angerer, Brandenburg, Newell, Stewart, Nofs, Meyer, Moore, Walker, Van Regenmorter, Wenke, Kahn, David Law, Pearce, Hansen, Proos, Amos, Pastor, Moolenaar, Sheen, Stakoe, Huizenga, Gleason, Bieda, Caswell, Waters, Plakas, Kolb, Kooiman, Hummel, Vander Veen, Williams, Adamini, Brown, Virgil Smith, Hunter, Tobocman, Wojno, Condino, Accavitti, Byrum, Gillard, Dillon, Bennett, Booher, Byrnes, Caul, Clemente, Cushingberry, Donigan, Espinoza, Gonzales, Leland, Lemmons, Jr., Mayes, McDowell, Polidori, Spade and Murphy

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5887

AN ACT to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, codify, and add to the statutes relating to crimes; to define crimes and prescribe the penalties and remedies; to provide for restitution under certain circumstances; to provide for the competency of evidence at the trial of persons accused of crime; to provide immunity from prosecution for certain witnesses appearing at such trials; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act," (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 167d.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 167d. (1) A person shall not do any of the following within 500 feet of a building or other location where a funeral, memorial service, or viewing of a deceased person is being conducted or within 500 feet of a funeral procession or burial:

(a) Make loud and raucous noise and continue to do so after being asked to stop.

(b) Make any statement or gesture that would make a reasonable person under the circumstances feel intimidated, threatened, or harassed.

(c) Engage in any other conduct that the person knows or should reasonably know will disturb, disrupt, or adversely affect the funeral, memorial service, viewing of the deceased person, funeral procession, or burial.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is a disorderly person and is guilty of a felony punishable as provided under section 168.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 1171.

(b) Senate Bill No. 1229.

(c) House Bill No. 5888.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor