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MI HB4344
Bill
Status
12/3/2013
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Stallworth
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AI Summary
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Amends the definition of "certification" under the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards Act to include three categories: persons meeting minimum law enforcement standards, persons employed as law enforcement officers before January 1, 1977, and persons from other states meeting interstate reciprocity requirements approved by the legislature.
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Expands the definition of "police officer" or "law enforcement officer" to include fire arson investigators from fire departments in villages, cities, townships, or counties who are sworn and fully empowered by the chief of police.
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Includes law enforcement officers of Michigan Indian tribal police forces and multicounty metropolitan districts as police officers under the act, subject to specified limitations.
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Defines "multicounty metropolitan district" as an entity established by 2 or more counties with a combined population of not less than 3,000,000 for cooperative planning and park development purposes.
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Took effect immediately upon Governor approval on November 18, 2013.
Legislative Description
Law enforcement; other; population threshold for purpose of defining fire arson investigator as a police officer under the commission on law enforcement standards act; revise to not less than 600,000 and expand definition of certification. Amends sec. 2 of 1965 PA 203 (MCL 28.602).
Law enforcement, other
Last Action
Assigned Pa 170'13 With Immediate Effect
12/3/2013