MICHIGAN STATE LAW 2003-0256
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=PublicActs
MAINE LAW
CHAPTER 264
H.P. 868 - L.D. 1271
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/ros/lom/lom122nd/7pub251%2D300/pub251%2D300%2D22.htm
MASSACHUSETTS LAW
Chapter 170 Of The Acts of 2004 http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw04/sl040170.htm
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Food & Drug Administration - The Center for Devices & Radiological Health
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the FDA is responsible for regulating radiation emitting products, including consumer electronics that emit ELF/RF-EMF. Requests for information/assistance on the health risks associated with ELF-EMF or RF emitting electronic products should be directed to:
Organization/address:
Division of Small Manufacturers
International and Consumer Assistance (DSMICA)
FDA/CDRH/OCER/DSMICA (HFZ-220)
1350 Piccard Drive
Rockville, MD 20850-4307
United States of America
Tel: +1 800 638 2041 or +1 301 443 6597 (8:00AM to 5:00PM, EST)
Email: DSMICA@CDRH.FDA.GOV
Website: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the FDA is responsible for regulating radiation emitting products, including consumer electronics that emit ELF/RF-EMF. Requests for information/assistance on the health risks associated with ELF-EMF or RF emitting electronic products should be directed to:
Organization/address:
Division of Small Manufacturers
International and Consumer Assistance (DSMICA)
FDA/CDRH/OCER/DSMICA (HFZ-220)
1350 Piccard Drive
Rockville, MD 20850-4307
United States of America
Tel: +1 800 638 2041 or +1 301 443 6597 (8:00AM to 5:00PM, EST)
Email: DSMICA@CDRH.FDA.GOV
Website: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
Monday, May 5, 2008
MASSACHUSETTS LAW
Chapter 170 of the Acts of 2004
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE POSSESSION OF ELECTRONIC WEAPONS.
Whereas , The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith certain possession and use of electronic weapons, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 140 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 131J, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 131J. No person shall possess a portable device or weapon from which an electrical current, impulse, wave or beam may be directed, which current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to incapacitate temporarily, injure or kill, except: (1) a federal, state or municipal law enforcement officer, or member of a special reaction team in a state prison or designated special operations or tactical team in a county correctional facility, acting in the discharge of his official duties who has completed a training course approved by the secretary of public safety in the use of such a device or weapon designed to incapacitate temporarily; or (2) a supplier of such devices or weapons designed to incapacitate temporarily, if possession of the device or weapon is necessary to the supply or sale of the device or weapon within the scope of such sale or supply enterprise. No person shall sell or offer for sale such device or weapon, except to federal, state or municipal law enforcement agencies. A device or weapon sold under this section shall include a mechanism for tracking the number of times the device or weapon has been fired. The secretary of public safety shall adopt regulations governing who may sell or offer to sell such devices or weapons in the commonwealth and governing law enforcement training on the appropriate use of portable electrical weapons.
Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than 6 months nor more than 2 1/2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A law enforcement officer may arrest without a warrant any person whom he has probable cause to believe has violated this section.
SECTION 2. The secretary of public safety shall develop a uniform protocol directing state police and municipal police officers to collect data pursuant to this act. Such data shall include the number of times the device or weapon has been fired and the identifying characteristics, including the race and gender, of the individuals who have been fired upon. Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this act, the secretary of public safety shall transmit the necessary data to a university in the commonwealth with experience in the analysis of such data, for annual preparation of an analysis and report of its findings. The secretary shall forthwith transmit the university's annual report to the department of the attorney general, the department of state police, the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, the executive office of public safety and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate.
Approved July 15, 2004.
Return to:
List of Laws passed in 2004 Session
General Court home page, or
Commonwealth of Massachusetts home page.
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE POSSESSION OF ELECTRONIC WEAPONS.
Whereas , The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith certain possession and use of electronic weapons, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 140 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 131J, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 131J. No person shall possess a portable device or weapon from which an electrical current, impulse, wave or beam may be directed, which current, impulse, wave or beam is designed to incapacitate temporarily, injure or kill, except: (1) a federal, state or municipal law enforcement officer, or member of a special reaction team in a state prison or designated special operations or tactical team in a county correctional facility, acting in the discharge of his official duties who has completed a training course approved by the secretary of public safety in the use of such a device or weapon designed to incapacitate temporarily; or (2) a supplier of such devices or weapons designed to incapacitate temporarily, if possession of the device or weapon is necessary to the supply or sale of the device or weapon within the scope of such sale or supply enterprise. No person shall sell or offer for sale such device or weapon, except to federal, state or municipal law enforcement agencies. A device or weapon sold under this section shall include a mechanism for tracking the number of times the device or weapon has been fired. The secretary of public safety shall adopt regulations governing who may sell or offer to sell such devices or weapons in the commonwealth and governing law enforcement training on the appropriate use of portable electrical weapons.
Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than 6 months nor more than 2 1/2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A law enforcement officer may arrest without a warrant any person whom he has probable cause to believe has violated this section.
SECTION 2. The secretary of public safety shall develop a uniform protocol directing state police and municipal police officers to collect data pursuant to this act. Such data shall include the number of times the device or weapon has been fired and the identifying characteristics, including the race and gender, of the individuals who have been fired upon. Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this act, the secretary of public safety shall transmit the necessary data to a university in the commonwealth with experience in the analysis of such data, for annual preparation of an analysis and report of its findings. The secretary shall forthwith transmit the university's annual report to the department of the attorney general, the department of state police, the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, the executive office of public safety and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate.
Approved July 15, 2004.
Return to:
List of Laws passed in 2004 Session
General Court home page, or
Commonwealth of Massachusetts home page.
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