SENATE BILL NO. 544

A bill to amend 1909 PA 17, entitled

"An act to prohibit or limit the access by prisoners and by employees of correctional facilities to certain weapons and wireless communication devices and to alcoholic liquor, drugs, medicines, poisons, and controlled substances in, on, or outside of correctional facilities; to prohibit or limit the bringing into or onto certain facilities and real property, and the disposition of, certain weapons,  substances, and wireless communication devices; to prohibit or limit the selling, giving, or furnishing of certain weapons,  substances, and wireless communication devices to prisoners; to prohibit the control or possession of certain weapons,  substances, and wireless communication devices by prisoners; and to prescribe penalties,"

by amending section 1a (MCL 800.281a), as amended by 1998 PA 514.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 1a. As used in this act:

(a) "Alcoholic liquor" means any spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented liquor, liquid, or compound whether or not medicated, containing 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume and which that is or readily can be made suitable for beverage purposes.

(b) "Chief administrator" means the warden, superintendent, or other employee approved or designated by the department of corrections as the chief administrative officer of a correctional facility.

(c) "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules 1 to 5 of part 72 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7201 to 333.7231.

(d) "Department" means the department of corrections.

(e) "Correctional facility" means any of the following:

(i) A state prison, reformatory, work camp, or community corrections center.

(ii) A youth correctional facility operated by the department or a private vendor under section 20g 20i of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.232.791.220i.

(iii) A privately operated community corrections center or resident home which that houses prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department.

(iv) The land on which a facility described in subparagraph (i), (ii), or (iii) is located.

(f) "Prescription drug" means prescription drug that term as defined in section 17708 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17708.

(g) "Prisoner" means a person committed to the jurisdiction of the department who has not been released on parole or discharged.