SB-0652, As Passed Senate, October 22, 2003                                 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

    SENATE BILL NO. 652

(As amended, October 21, 2003)                                              

                                                                             A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled                                             

"The Michigan penal code,"                                                  

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 502d.                              

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 502d.  (1) A person who transports or possesses                        

2   anhydrous ammonia in a container other than a container approved            

3   by law, or who unlawfully tampers with a container approved by              

4   law, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not               

5   more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.            

6       (2) As used in this section, "container approved by law"                    

7   means a container <<that was manufactured to satisfy the requirements>> for the storage and handling of                                                         

8   anhydrous ammonia pursuant to R 408.17801 of the Michigan                   

9   administrative code or its successor rule.

10      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

11  January 31, 2004.