SENATE BILL No. 201

 

 

February 28, 2017, Introduced by Senator HOOD 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 81f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 81f. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a

 

person who assaults, batters, or assaults and batters an individual

 

who performs his or her duties as a sports official immediately

 

before, during, or after a sporting event, or at any other time if

 

the assault, battery, or assault and battery directly arises from

 

the sports official's execution of his or her duty as a sports

 

official, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for

 

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

 

     (2) A person who assaults, batters, or assaults and batters an

 

individual who performs his or her duties as a sports official

 

immediately before, during, or after a sporting event, or at any

other time if the assault, battery, or assault and battery arises

 

from the sports official's execution of his or her duty as a sports

 

official, causing the individual bodily injury requiring medical

 

attention or medical care is guilty of a felony punishable by

 

imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than

 

$2,000.00, or both.

 

     (3) A person who assaults, batters, or assaults and batters an

 

individual who performs his or her duties as a sports official

 

immediately before, during, or after a sporting event, or at any

 

other time if the assault, battery, or assault and battery arises

 

from the sports official's execution of his or her duty as a sports

 

official, causing the individual serious impairment of a body

 

function is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not

 

more than 5 years or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than

 

$5,000.00, or both.

 

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

 

with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law

 

arising out of the same transaction as the violation of this

 

section.

 

     (5) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Serious impairment of a body function" means that term as

 

defined in section 58c of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300,

 

MCL 257.58c.

 

     (b) "Sporting event" means an organized competitive athletic

 

activity between 2 or more individuals.

 

     (c) "Sports official" means an individual who officially

 

administers or officially assists in administering the rules at any

sporting event, including, but not limited to, a referee.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.