HOUSE BILL No. 6312

 

 

September 5, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Neeley and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     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 detainee or prisoner in a juvenile facility

 

who throws or attempts to throw any bodily material on any

 

individual performing his or her duties as a corrections officer in

 

that juvenile facility, or who otherwise causes or attempts to

 

cause any individual performing his or her duties as a corrections

 

officer in that juvenile facility to come into contact with any

 

bodily material, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment

 

for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or

 

both.

 

     (2) This section does not prohibit a person from being charged

 

with, convicted of, and sentenced for any other violation of law in

lieu of being charged with, convicted of, and sentenced for a

 

violation of this section.

 

     (3) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Bodily material" means blood, urine, saliva, or feces.

 

     (b) "Corrections officer" means an individual responsible for

 

maintaining the custody of juveniles in a juvenile facility.

 

     (c) "Juvenile" means that term as defined in section 2 of the

 

juvenile facilities act, 1988 PA 73, MCL 803.222.

 

     (d) "Juvenile facility" means that term as defined in section

 

2 of the juvenile facilities act, 1988 PA 73, MCL 803.222.