OBSOLETE LAWS: VARIOUS TOPICS
House Bill 5588
Sponsor: Rep. Cameron Brown
House Bill 5589
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Gosselin
House Bill 5590
Sponsor: Rep. Clark Bisbee
House Bill 5594
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Kowall
House Bill 5630
Sponsor: Rep. Terry Geiger
House Bill 5632
Sponsor: Rep. Mickey Mortimer
Committee: House Oversight and
Operations
Complete to 5-5-00
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILLS 5588-5590 AND 5594 AS INTRODUCED 4-13-00 AND HOUSE BILLS 5630 AND 5632 AS INTRODUCED 4-18-00
House Bill 5588 would repeal Section 6b of Public Act 59 of 1935 (MCL 28.6b), which allows the director the Department of State Police to recruit, equip, and train a special reserve statewide police force to serve as an auxiliary to the department. The section's stated intent is that the department have a standby force for use during emergencies and that police powers only be extended to reserve officers during the time they were in immediate association with regular officers of the department or were performing police functions assigned by and supervised by the department.
House Bill 5589 would repeal the Hazardous Substances Act of 1965 (MCL 286.451-286.462), which addresses hazardous substances intended or suitable for household use and hazardous toys.
House Bill 5590 would repeal Section 3 of Chapter 12 of the Revised Statutes of 1846 (MCL 10.3), which allows the governor to appoint a private secretary to keep a correct record of all executive proceedings and decisions and to appoint an executive clerk to assist in the conduct of business of the executive department (who is also to be the clerk of the advisory board in the matter of pardons) at the salary of $1,500 per annum.
House Bill 5594 would repeal Public Act 54 of 1917 (MCL 429.301-429.311), which makes it illegal to deal in misbranded or mislabeled mattresses or comforts.
House Bill 5630 would repeal a provision in the Penal Code (MCL 750.42) that makes it a misdemeanor to disseminate an advertisement for "spirituous or intoxicating liquors" containing a reference to a deceased ex-president of the United States.
House Bill 5632 would repeal several provisions in the Penal Code (MCL 750.34-750.37 and 750.39) addressing "immoral advertising". In particular, the provisions are concerned with "advertisements containing the words 'Lost manhood', 'lost vitality or vigor', or expressions synonymous therewith;" and with advertisements of patent and other . . . medicines "in language of immoral tendency or of ambiguous character".
Analyst: C. Couch