SENATE BILL No. 300

 

 

March 18, 2003, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON, SANBORN, GILBERT, STAMAS, ALLEN, KUIPERS, TOY, BIRKHOLZ, GOSCHKA, CASSIS, McMANUS and BISHOP and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The Michigan penal code,"                                                  

                                                                                

    by amending section 227b (MCL 750.227b), as amended by 1990 PA              

                                                                                

    321.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 227b.  (1) A person who carries or has in his or her                   

                                                                                

2   possession a firearm when he or she commits or attempts to commit           

                                                                                

3   a felony, except a violation of section 223,  section  227, 227a,           

                                                                                

4   or 230, is guilty of a felony, and shall be imprisoned for  2  5            

                                                                                

5   years.  Upon a second conviction under this section, the person             

                                                                                

6   shall be imprisoned for  5  10 years.  Upon a third or subsequent           

                                                                                

7   conviction under this  subsection  section, the person shall be             

                                                                                

8   imprisoned for  10  15 years.                                               

                                                                                

9       (2) A term of imprisonment prescribed by this section is in                 

                                                                                

10  addition to the sentence imposed for the conviction of the felony           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   or the attempt to commit the felony, and shall be served                    

                                                                                

2   consecutively with and preceding any term of imprisonment imposed           

                                                                                

3   for the conviction of the felony or attempt to commit the                   

                                                                                

4   felony.                                                                     

                                                                                

5       (3) A term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall                 

                                                                                

6   not be suspended.  The person subject to the sentence mandated by           

                                                                                

7   this section is not eligible for parole or probation during the             

                                                                                

8   mandatory term imposed  pursuant to  under subsection (1).                  

                                                                                

9       (4) This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer                

                                                                                

10  who is authorized to carry a firearm while in the official                  

                                                                                

11  performance of his or her duties, and who is in the performance             

                                                                                

12  of those duties.  As used in this subsection, "law enforcement              

                                                                                

13  officer" means a person who is regularly employed as a member of            

                                                                                

14  a duly authorized police agency or other organization of the                

                                                                                

15  United States, this state, or a city, county, township, or                  

                                                                                

16  village of this state, and who is responsible for the prevention            

                                                                                

17  and detection of crime and the enforcement of the general                   

                                                                                

18  criminal laws of this state.