SENATE BILL No. 1229

 

 

August 15, 2012, Introduced by Senators EMMONS, HUNE, HILDENBRAND, BOOHER, HANSEN, CASPERSON, GREEN and KAHN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 411x.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 411x. (1) A person shall not obtain or attempt to obtain

 

access to an agricultural production facility, including through

 

employment, by making any false statement or representation with

 

the intent to do any of the following:

 

     (a) Cause any damage to that agricultural production facility.

 

     (b) Remove any property, including an animal, from that

 

agricultural production facility.

 

     (c) Disrupt the operations of that agricultural production

 

facility.

 

     (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a crime as

 

follows:


 

     (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the person is

 

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more

 

than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

 

     (b) If the violation results in any loss, damage, or

 

disruption, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable for

 

not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

 

     (3) This section does not prohibit the person from being

 

charged with, convicted of, and sentenced for any other violation

 

of law committed by the person arising out of the violation of this

 

section.

 

     (4) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Agricultural commodity" means that term as defined in

 

section 2 of the agricultural commodities marketing act, 1965 PA

 

232, MCL 290.652.

 

     (b) "Agricultural production facility" means a facility that

 

grows, manufactures, produces, or processes an agricultural

 

commodity.