HOUSE BILL No. 5498

 

February 10, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Julian, Caswell, Meyer, Stakoe, Vagnozzi, Plakas, Garfield, Tobocman, Pappageorge, Ehardt, Vander Veen, Richardville, Farhat, Pastor and Nofs and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1965 PA 203, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Commission on law enforcement standards act,"                              

                                                                                

    by amending section 2 (MCL 28.602), as amended by 2001 PA 186,              

                                                                                

    and by adding section 3a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2.  As used in this act:                                               

                                                                                

2       (a) "Certificate" means a numbered document issued by the                   

                                                                                

3   commission to a person who has received certification under this            

                                                                                

4   act.                                                                        

                                                                                

5       (b) "Certification" means either of the following:                          

                                                                                

6                                                                                (i) A determination by the commission that a person meets the                       

                                                                                

7   law enforcement officer minimum standards to be employed as a               

                                                                                

8   commission certified law enforcement officer and that the person            

                                                                                

9   is authorized under this act to be employed as a law enforcement            

                                                                                

10  officer.                                                                    

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (ii) A determination by the commission that a person was                     

                                                                                

2   employed as a law enforcement officer before January 1, 1977 and            

                                                                                

3   that the person is authorized under this act to be employed as a            

                                                                                

4   law enforcement officer.                                                    

                                                                                

5       (c) "Commission" means the commission on law enforcement                    

                                                                                

6   standards created in section  3  3a.                                        

                                                                                

7       (d) "Contested case" means that term as defined in section 3                

                                                                                

8   of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL              

                                                                                

9   24.203.                                                                     

                                                                                

10      (e) "Executive director" means the executive director of the                

                                                                                

11  commission appointed under section 12.                                      

                                                                                

12      (f) "Felony" means a violation of a penal law of this state                 

                                                                                

13  or another state that is either of the following:                           

                                                                                

14                                                                               (i) Punishable by a term of imprisonment greater than 1                             

                                                                                

15  year.                                                                       

                                                                                

16      (ii) Expressly designated a felony by statute.                               

                                                                                

17      (g) "Fund" means the law enforcement officers training fund                 

                                                                                

18  created in section 13.                                                      

                                                                                

19      (h) "Law enforcement officer minimum standards" means                       

                                                                                

20  standards established by the commission under this act that a               

                                                                                

21  person must meet to be eligible for certification under section             

                                                                                

22  9a(1).                                                                      

                                                                                

23      (i) "Law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal                    

                                                                                

24  police force" means a regularly employed member of a police force           

                                                                                

25  of a Michigan Indian tribe who is appointed pursuant to 25                  

                                                                                

26  C.F.R.  CFR 12.100 to 12.103.                                              

                                                                                

27      (j) "Michigan Indian tribe" means a federally recognized                    


                                                                                

1   Indian tribe that has trust lands located within this state.                

                                                                                

2       (k) "Police officer" or "law enforcement officer" means,                    

                                                                                

3   unless the context requires otherwise, any of the following:                

                                                                                

4                                                                                (i) A regularly employed member of a police force or other                          

                                                                                

5   organization of a city, county, township, or village, of the                

                                                                                

6   state, or of a state university or community college who is                 

                                                                                

7   responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the               

                                                                                

8   enforcement of the general criminal laws of this state.  Police             

                                                                                

9   officer or law enforcement officer does not include a person                

                                                                                

10  serving solely because he or she occupies any other office or               

                                                                                

11  position.                                                                   

                                                                                

12      (ii) A law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal                   

                                                                                

13  police force, subject to the limitations set forth in section               

                                                                                

14  9(3).                                                                       

                                                                                

15      (iii) The sergeant at arms or any assistant sergeant at arms                 

                                                                                

16  of either house of the legislature who is commissioned as a                 

                                                                                

17  police officer by that respective house of the legislature as               

                                                                                

18  provided by the legislative sergeant at arms police powers act.             

                                                                                

19                                                                               (l) "Rule" means a rule promulgated pursuant to the                                 

                                                                                

20  administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to           

                                                                                

21  24.328.                                                                     

                                                                                

22      Sec. 3a.  (1) The new Michigan commission on law enforcement                

                                                                                

23  standards is created in the department of state police.  The                

                                                                                

24  commission consists of 16 members as follows:                               

                                                                                

25      (a) The attorney general, or the designated representative of               

                                                                                

26  the attorney general.                                                       

                                                                                

27      (b) The director of the department of state police, or the                  


                                                                                

1   director's designated representative who is a Michigan state                

                                                                                

2   police officer.                                                             

                                                                                

3       (c) The chief of the police department located in a city with               

                                                                                

4   a population of more than 750,000, or the chief's designated                

                                                                                

5   representative who is a command officer with that department.               

                                                                                

6       (d) Thirteen members appointed by the governor, with the                    

                                                                                

7   advice and consent of the senate, as follows:                               

                                                                                

8                                                                                (i) Three individuals selected from a list submitted by the                         

                                                                                

9   Michigan association of police chiefs, consisting of 9 active               

                                                                                

10  voting members of that organization or its successor                        

                                                                                

11  organization.                                                               

                                                                                

12      (ii) Three individuals selected from a list of 9 elected                     

                                                                                

13  sheriffs submitted by the Michigan sheriffs' association or its             

                                                                                

14  successor organization.                                                     

                                                                                

15      (iii) One individual selected from a list of 3 individuals                   

                                                                                

16  submitted by the prosecuting attorneys' association of Michigan             

                                                                                

17  or its successor organization.                                              

                                                                                

18      (iv) One individual selected from a list of 3 individuals                    

                                                                                

19  submitted by the criminal defense attorneys of Michigan or its              

                                                                                

20  successor organization.                                                     

                                                                                

21      (v) One individual selected from a list of 3 individuals                    

                                                                                

22  submitted by the Michigan state police troopers association or              

                                                                                

23  its successor organization.                                                 

                                                                                

24      (vi) One individual selected from a list of 3 individuals                    

                                                                                

25  submitted by the Michigan chapter of the fraternal order of                 

                                                                                

26  police or its successor organization.                                       

                                                                                

27      (vii) One individual selected from a list of 3 individuals                   


                                                                                

1   submitted by the police officers association of Michigan or its             

                                                                                

2   successor organization.                                                     

                                                                                

3       (viii) One individual selected from a list of 3 individuals                   

                                                                                

4   submitted by a police association representing officers employed            

                                                                                

5   by 1 police agency employing more than 15% of the police officers           

                                                                                

6   in this state or their successor organizations.                             

                                                                                

7       (ix) One individual selected from a list of 3 individuals                   

                                                                                

8   submitted by the Michigan Indian law enforcement service, or its            

                                                                                

9   successor organization.                                                     

                                                                                

10      (2) The governor may appoint any individual meeting the                     

                                                                                

11  membership requirements of the organizations listed in                      

                                                                                

12  subdivision (d)(i) to (ix) if an organization required to submit             

                                                                                

13  a list of potential candidates fails to submit a list at least 30           

                                                                                

14  days before a vacancy created by the expiration of a term or                

                                                                                

15  within 30 days of the effective date of any other vacancy.                  

                                                                                

16      (3) An individual appointed under subsection (1)(d) shall                   

                                                                                

17  serve as a commission member only while serving as a member of              

                                                                                

18  the organization that he or she is representing.                            

                                                                                

19      (4) Members of the commission appointed under subsection (1)                

                                                                                

20  shall hold office for a term of 3 years, except as follows:                 

                                                                                

21      (a) Of the members initially appointed under subsection                     

                                                                                

22  (1)(d)(i), 1 member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, 1             

                                                                                

23  member shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 1 member               

                                                                                

24  shall be appointed for a term of 1 year.                                    

                                                                                

25      (b) Of the members initially appointed under subsection                     

                                                                                

26  (1)(d)(ii), 1 member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, 1             

                                                                                

27  member shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 1 member               


                                                                                

1   shall be appointed for a term of 1 year.                                    

                                                                                

2       (c) The members initially appointed under subsection                        

                                                                                

3   (1)(d)(v) and (vi) shall be appointed for terms of 2 years each.             

                                                                                

4       (d) The members initially appointed under subsection                        

                                                                                

5   (1)(d)(vii) and (viii) shall be appointed for terms of 1 year                  

                                                                                

6   each.                                                                       

                                                                                

7       (5) A vacancy on the commission caused by the expiration of a               

                                                                                

8   term or termination of the member's official position in law                

                                                                                

9   enforcement shall be filled in the same manner as the original              

                                                                                

10  appointment.                                                                

                                                                                

11      (6) A member appointed to fill a vacancy created other than                 

                                                                                

12  by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired term           

                                                                                

13  of the member who he or she is to succeed in the same manner as             

                                                                                

14  the original appointment.  A member may be reappointed for                  

                                                                                

15  additional terms.                                                           

                                                                                

16      (7) All the authority, powers, duties, functions, and                       

                                                                                

17  responsibilities of the Michigan commission on law enforcement              

                                                                                

18  standards created by Executive Reorganization No. 2001-2, MCL               

                                                                                

19  28.621, are transferred to the new Michigan commission on law               

                                                                                

20  enforcement standards created in this section, by a type III                

                                                                                

21  transfer as defined in section 3 of the executive organization              

                                                                                

22  act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.103.  The new Michigan                     

                                                                                

23  commission on law enforcement standards has the relationship to             

                                                                                

24  the department of state police given to an agency transferred to            

                                                                                

25  a principal department by a type I transfer, as defined in                  

                                                                                

26  section 3 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380,           

                                                                                

27  MCL 16.103.                                                                 


                                                                                

1       Enacting section 1.  Sections 3 and 4 of the commission on                  

                                                                                

2   law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.603 and                  

                                                                                

3   28.604, are repealed.