HOUSE BILL No. 6017


     September 27, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Bradstreet and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Operations.


        A bill to commission and confer certain police and arrest

   powers on certain sergeants at arms and assistant sergeants at

   arms in the legislative branch; and to prescribe certain duties

   and responsibilities of certain state employees.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1.  (1) Each house of the legislature may commission

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      the sergeant at arms and may commission 1 or more assistant ser-

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      geants at arms within that respective house as police officers,

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      to enforce rules adopted by that house and the laws of this state

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      as designated by the senate and the house of representatives,

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      respectively.  In performing those enforcement activities, com-

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      missioned sergeants at arms and assistant sergeants at arms are

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      vested with the powers, privileges, prerogatives, and immunities

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      conferred upon police officers under the laws of this state.




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           (2) Each sergeant at arms and assistant sergeant at arms

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      commissioned by the senate or the house of representatives as a

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      police officer under subsection (1) has the power to enforce

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      rules adopted by that house and the laws of this state in the

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      following places:

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           (a) The capitol building and capitol grounds.

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           (b) Buildings in which the offices of legislative members

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      are located.

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           (c) Locations where either house of the legislature or a

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      committee or subcommittee of either house is holding a session,

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      meeting, or public hearing, including a reasonable time before

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      and after the session, meeting, or hearing.

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           (d) Legislative parking areas.

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           (e) Areas immediately adjacent to the places described in

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      subdivisions (a) to (d).

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           (3) The senate may delegate, pursuant to rules of the

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      senate, the authority to commission the sergeant at arms or

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      assistant sergeants at arms as police officers and delegate their

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      responsibilities under subsection (1) to the senate majority

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      leader, the secretary of the senate, or other officers or employ-

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      ees of the senate.

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           (4) The house of representatives may delegate, pursuant to

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      rules of the house of representatives, the authority to commis-

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      sion the sergeant at arms or assistant sergeants at arms as

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      police officers and delegate their responsibilities under subsec-

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      tion (1) to the speaker of the house of representatives, the





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      clerk of the house of representatives, or other officers or

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      employees of the house of representatives.

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           (5) The office of sergeant at arms of each house of the leg-

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      islature is a law enforcement agency of this state.

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           Enacting section 1.  This act does not take effect unless

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      Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6016 (request

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      no. 05866'00 a) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into law.










































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