HOUSE BILL No. 6240

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Chirkun, Howell, Love, Cambensy, Dianda, Geiss, Greimel, Gay-Dagnogo and Yanez and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled

 

"Community college act of 1966,"

 

by amending the title and sections 128 and 131 (MCL 389.128 and

 

389.131), the title as amended by 2008 PA 359 and sections 128 and

 

131 as amended by 1998 PA 281.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to

 

community colleges; to provide for the creation of community

 

college districts; to provide a charter for such districts; to

 

provide for the government, control, and administration of such

 

districts; to provide for the election of a board of trustees; to

 

define the powers and duties of the board of trustees; to provide

 

for the assessment, levy, collection and return of taxes therefor;

 

to authorize community college districts to operate a new jobs

 

training program, enter into certain training agreements, and issue

 

bonds to finance the training program; to grant certain powers,

 

duties, and authority to public safety and police officers of a

 

community college; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and

 

to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

     Sec. 128. (1) Subject to subsections (2), and (3), and (4),

 

the board of trustees of a community college created under this act

 

may grant to the public safety officers or police officers of that

 

community college the powers and authority of a peace or law

 

enforcement officer. Public Subject to subsection (4), public

 

safety officers or police officers granted the powers and authority

 

under this act shall have the same powers and authority of a peace

 

officer under the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL

 

760.1 to 776.22, 777.69, and as provided under the Michigan vehicle

 

code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

 

     (2) Before granting the powers and authority provided under

 

subsection (1), a board of trustees of a community college shall

 

conduct not less than 2 public hearings.

 

     (3) The board of trustees of a community college shall not

 

grant the powers and authority described in subsection (1) unless

 

that board of trustees creates a public safety advisory committee.

 

The public safety advisory committee shall must be comprised of 2

 

members of the faculty and 2 members of the staff of the community

 

college. The public safety advisory committee shall receive and

 

address grievances by persons against the public safety officers or

police officers or against the public safety department or police

 

department of that community college. The committee may recommend

 

to the board of trustees or the administration of that community

 

college that disciplinary measures be taken against a public safety

 

officer or police officer who is found responsible for misconduct

 

in office.

 

     (4) Except for the investigation and action described in

 

section 131(2), public safety officers and police officers granted

 

the powers and authority under this act may only investigate first

 

or second degree murder, domestic violence, or crimes involving

 

sexual violence or contact, or assault with a weapon, in

 

consultation with the campus crime commission as provided in the

 

campus crime investigation act.

 

     (5) As used in this section and section 131, "domestic

 

violence" means a violation of section 81(2), (3), (4), or (5) of

 

the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81.

 

     Sec. 131. (1) The public safety department or police

 

department of each community college shall submit monthly uniform

 

crime reports pertaining to crimes within the department's

 

jurisdiction to the department of state police in the same manner

 

as uniform crime reports are submitted under section 1 of 1968 PA

 

319, MCL 28.251.

 

     (2) A public safety officer or police officer granted powers

 

and authority under this act shall notify the campus crime

 

commission if in the course of employment the public safety officer

 

or police officer receives information that first or second degree

 

murder, domestic violence, or a crime involving sexual violence or

contact, or assault with a weapon, has occurred on property owned

 

or leased by the community college. If otherwise granted the power

 

and authority under this act, a public safety officer or police

 

officer may conduct a preliminary investigation and take action on

 

the information before providing the notice required under this

 

subsection.

 

     (3) A public safety officer or police officer who willfully

 

neglects to perform the duty required under subsection (2) is

 

guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more

 

than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6241 (request no.

 

05654'18 *) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.