HOUSE BILL No. 4634


     May 4, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Faunce, Green, Tabor, DeHart, Rick Johnson, Howell, Patterson, Sanborn and Ehardt and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   by amending section 226 (MCL 750.226).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec.  226.  (1)  Carrying firearm or dangerous weapon with

 2     unlawful intent--Any  A person  who  SHALL NOT, with intent to

 3    use the same unlawfully against the person of another,  goes

 4     armed with  POSSESS a pistol or other firearm or A dagger, dirk,

 5    razor, stiletto, or knife having a blade over 3 inches in length,

 6    or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument.  , shall

 7     be 

 8         (2) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS guilty of a felony

 9     ,  punishable, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (3), by

10    imprisonment  in the state prison  for not more than 5 years or

11     by  a fine of not more than  2,500 dollars  $2,500.00, OR BOTH.


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 1         (3) A PERSON WHO IS LICENSED TO CARRY A CONCEALED PISTOL AND

 2    WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION WHILE HE OR SHE IS CARRYING A PISTOL,

 3    WHETHER CONCEALED OR NOT, IS GUILTY OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY

 4    IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 10 YEARS OR A FINE OF NOT MORE

 5    THAN $5,000.00, OR BOTH.

 6         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect

 7    September 30, 1999.

 8         Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take

 9    effect unless Senate Bill No. __________ or House Bill

10    No. __________ (request no. 00486'99 ***) of the 90th legislature

11    is enacted into law.


































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