HOUSE BILL No. 5982

April 10, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Hammon, Agema, Johnson, Constan, Hammel, Clack, Alma Smith, Vagnozzi, Meadows, LeBlanc, Bennett, Simpson, Young, Warren and Gonzales and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 552 (MCL 750.552), as amended by 2007 PA 167.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 552. (1) A person shall not do any of the following:

 

     (a) Enter the lands or premises of another without lawful

 

authority after having been forbidden so to do by the owner or

 

occupant or the agent of the owner or occupant.

 

     (b) Remain without lawful authority on the land or premises of

 

another after being notified to depart by the owner or occupant or

 

the agent of the owner or occupant.

 

     (c) Enter or remain without lawful authority on fenced or

 

posted farm property of another person without the consent of the


 

owner or his or her lessee or agent. A request to leave the

 

premises is not a necessary element for a violation of this

 

subdivision. This subdivision does not apply to a person who is in

 

the process of attempting, by the most direct route, to contact the

 

owner or his or her lessee or agent to request consent.

 

     (2) A Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who

 

violates subsection (1) is responsible for a state civil infraction

 

and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $100.00.

 

     (3) A person who violates commits a third or subsequent

 

violation of subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable

 

by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days or by

 

a fine of not more than $250.00, or both.