2021 House Bill 5310

Expand “critical infrastructure” law to include Mackinac Bridge and Houghton-Hancock lift-bridge

Introduced in the House

Sept. 21, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Beau LaFave (R-108)

To amend a 2005 law that established a new crime of trespassing upon a critical infrastructure, defined as power plants, waterworks, chemical plants, refineries, transportation facilities, fuel storage sites, etc., punishable by up to four years in prison. This bill would add the Mackinac Bridge and the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock on the Keweenaw Peninsula.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation