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Michigan Scanner Law 
EW   Michigan Scanner Law: 
HB-4544, As Passed Senate, February 14, 2006
 
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 HOUSE BILL NO. 4544
 A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "The Michigan penal code," by 
amending section 508 (MCL 750.508), as amended by 2002 PA 672.

 	THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
 Sec. 508.
 (1) House Bill No. 4544 as amended February 9, 2006
A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF 1 OR MORE FELONIES DURING THE 
PRECEDING 5 YEARS SHALL NOT CARRY OR HAVE IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION A RADIO 
RECEIVING SET THAT WILL RECEIVE SIGNALS  SENT ON A FREQUENCY ASSIGNED BY 
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR POLICE 
OR  OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE FIGHTING, EMERGENCY MEDICAL,  FEDERAL, 
STATE, OR LOCAL CORRECTIONS, OR HOMELAND SECURITY  PURPOSES. THIS 
SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A PERSON WHO IS  LICENSED AS AN AMATEUR RADIO 
OPERATOR BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES 
THIS SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF A  MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT 
FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR OR  A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000.00, OR 
BOTH.
 (2) A PERSON SHALL NOT CARRY OR HAVE IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION IN THE 
COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED COMMISSION OF A CRIME A RADIO  RECEIVING SET 
THAT WILL RECEIVE SIGNALS SENT ON A FREQUENCY  ASSIGNED BY THE FEDERAL 
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR POLICE OR OTHER LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, FIRE FIGHTING,  EMERGENCY MEDICAL, FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL 
CORRECTIONS, OR  HOMELAND SECURITY PURPOSES.   THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS AT 
LEAST 93 DAYS . 
 A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF A CRIME AS FOLLOWS:
 (A) IF THIS SUBSECTION IS VIOLATED IN THE COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED 
COMMISSION OF A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT 
OF 
AT LEAST 93 DAYS BUT LESS THAN 1 YEAR, THE PERSON IS GUILTY OF A  
MIDEAMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR OR A FINE 
OF 
NOT MORE THAN $1,000.00, OR BOTH. 
 (B) IF THIS SUBSECTION IS VIOLATED IN THE COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED 
COMMISSION OF A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY PUNISHABLE BY A MAXIMUM TERM OF 
IMPRISONMENT OF 1 YEAR OR MORE, THE PERSON IS  GUILTY OF A FELONY 
PUNISHABLE 
BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 2  YEARS OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN 
$2,000.00, OR BOTH.
(3) SUBSECTION (2) DOES NOT APPLY TO A PERSON WHO CARRIES OR HAS IN HIS 
OR HER POSSESSION A RADIO RECEIVING SET DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (2) IN 
THE COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED COMMISSION OF A MISDEMEANOR  PUNISHABLE BY 
A MAXIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OF LESS THAN 93 DAYS.
4) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE USE OF RADAR DETECTORS.
ENACTING SECTION 1.  THIS AMENTDATORY ACT TAKES EFFECT 90 DAYS AFTER 
THE DATE IT IS ENACTED.
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