(1) The commission may prescribe the duties and conditions of employment of its enforcement officers. The officers shall be law enforcement officers of the state and shall have the authority of police officers as provided by law, except as otherwise provided in this section. The officers shall be vested with power and authority of deputy sheriffs except that such power and authority shall be restricted to the investigation and enforcement of rules promulgated and orders issued by the commission and to the statutes relating to Michigan airports and the Michigan aeronautics code. The officers may issue summons, make arrests, and initiate criminal proceedings against offenders. The commission shall be responsible for all actions of its officers committed under color of their official position and authority.
    (2) A summons issued by the law enforcement officers of the commission for violations of the aeronautics code, the statutes relating to Michigan airports, or the rules and orders promulgated by the commission, shall be answerable before the recorder’s court or municipal court of the city in which the violation took place or before the district court in the county, district or political subdivision in which the violation took place.

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 259.55

  • Aeronautics: means any act or matter that treats or deals with flight in the airspace. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Commission: means the Michigan aeronautics commission. See Michigan Laws 259.3
  • Political subdivision: means a county, city, village, or township of this state, and any other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this state that is or may be authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct, maintain, improve, and operate airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical facilities. See Michigan Laws 259.7
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.