In the U.S., contrary to popular belief, speeding is not a "criminal act".
It is an infraction. The final bill will most likely spell out "criminal
act", as a felony.

Bill Crocker


"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
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According to what I have read, this bill would finally legalize scanner
use
in motor vehicles, thus eliminating the need for a permit. The only thing
that would be illegal would be the use a scanner in the commitance of a
criminal act ("crime"), be it in your home, on foot, on bike, or in a
motor
vehicle... Unless there is something hidden within the text that I am not
seeing, this actually looks to be a GOOD thing for those of us living in
Michigan that want (or have) a scanner in our vehicles...

Although, the wording in once again is NOT specific enough, and would
leave
us scanner users open to new forms of abuse of the law... What exactly is
deemed as a "crime". That could be anything...

For example, if I have my scanner in the vehicle and I get pulled over for
speeding, I can be fined up to $1000, and/or spend 1 year in jail (plus
the
cost of the ticket) for my speeding ticket just because I have a scanner
in
my car? Is speeding not a crime? Sounds absurd, but just wait... The way
they abuse the current law, I would not at all be surprised if this
actually
happened...

Looks good and bad to me. I like the proposed law, however the word
"crime"
needs to be replaced something more specific, and/or descriptive. Like,
felony, or something similar. A "crime" can be anything; littering,
J-Walking, letting your dog crap on someone's lawn and not cleaning it up
(in some places anyway), etc...

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