HOUSE BILL NO. 4697

June 11, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Coleman and referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security.

A bill to amend 2016 PA 235, entitled

"Public threat alert system act,"

by amending sections 2 and 3 (MCL 28.672 and 28.673).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 2. As used in this act, "public threat" means a clear, present, persistent, ongoing, and random threat to public safety. A public threat includes, but is not limited to, an act of terrorism, an unresolved mass shooting, or an unresolved mass shooting spree, or any catastrophic incident as that term is defined under 6 USC 311.

Sec. 3. (1) The department of state police shall establish and maintain the public threat alert system plan.

(2) The department of state police shall design the public threat alert system plan shall be designed to rapidly disseminate useful information in a predetermined manner to radio and television stations within in this state and to wireless devices through the existing wireless emergency alert system operated under federal law.

(3) The public threat alert system plan shall must be activated only in accordance with the policies established by the department of state police.

(4) The public threat alert system plan must require that a qualified interpreter, as that term is defined in section 2 of the deaf persons' interpreters act, 1982 PA 204, MCL 393.502, is included in any televised broadcast of a developing or ongoing public threat.