May 6, 2008, Introduced by Senators BASHAM, ANDERSON, GARCIA, KUIPERS, BIRKHOLZ, HARDIMAN, JANSEN, JELINEK, GILBERT, CLARK-COLEMAN, SCOTT, SCHAUER, PRUSI, WHITMER, BRATER, THOMAS and STAMAS and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 682c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 682c. (1) A person shall not do either of the following:
(a) Install or place a tracking device in or on a motor
vehicle without the knowledge and consent of the owner of that
motor vehicle.
(b) Track the movements of a motor vehicle with a tracking
device without the knowledge and consent of the operator of that
motor vehicle.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) The use of any device that provides vehicle tracking only
for purposes of providing mechanical, directional, weather, or
traffic information to the operator of the vehicle or for providing
emergency assistance to the operator or passengers of the vehicle
through a subscription service, including any trial period of that
subscription service.
(b) A police officer while performing his or her duties as a
police officer.
(c) A person licensed under the private detective licensing
act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851, while performing his or
her duties as a private detective or private investigator.
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or
a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
(4) As used in this section, "tracking device" means any
electronic device that is designed or intended to be used to track
the movements of a motor vehicle on a street or highway of this
state regardless of whether that information is recorded.