HB-5698, As Passed House, May 18, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5698

                                                                             A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled                                             

"An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing,                    

possessing, and carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting               

devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain            

firearms and gas ejecting devices without a license or other                

authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms under              

certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to            

provide immunity from civil liability under certain                         

circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain                

state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against               

individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a                   

concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain              

conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and               

parts of acts inconsistent with this act,"                                  

by amending section 5j (MCL 28.425j), as amended by 2002 PA 719.            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 5j.  (1) A pistol training or safety program described                 

2   in section 5b(7)(c) meets the requirements for knowledge or                 

3   training in the safe use and handling of a pistol only if the               

4   program consists of not less than 8 hours of instruction and all            

5   of the following conditions are met:                                        

1       (a) The program is certified by this state or a national or                 

2   state firearms training organization and provides 5 hours of                

3   instruction in, but is not limited to providing instruction in,             

4   all of the following:                                                       

5                                                                                (i) The safe storage, use, and handling of a pistol                                 

6   including, but not limited to, safe storage, use, and handling to           

7   protect child safety.                                                       

8       (ii) Ammunition knowledge, and the fundamentals of pistol                    

9   shooting.                                                                   

10      (iii) Pistol shooting positions.                                             

11      (iv) Firearms and the law, including civil liability issues                  

12  and the use of deadly force.  This portion shall be taught by an            

13  attorney or an individual trained in the use of deadly force.               

14      (v) Avoiding criminal attack and controlling a violent                      

15  confrontation.                                                              

16      (vi) All laws that apply to carrying a concealed pistol in                   

17  this state.                                                                 

18      (b) The program provides at least 3 hours of instruction on a               

19  firing range and requires firing at least 30 rounds of                      

20  ammunition.                                                                 

21      (c) The program provides a certificate of completion that                   

22  states  the program "This course complies with  the requirements           

23  of this section and section 5j of 1927 PA 372." and states that            

24  the individual successfully completed the course, and that  is              

25  signed by contains the printed name and signature of the course            

26  instructor.                                                                 

27      (d) The instructor of the course is certified by this state                 

1   or a national organization to teach the 8-hour pistol safety                

2   training course described in this section.                                  

3       (2) A person shall not do either of the following:                          

4       (a) Grant a certificate of completion described under                       

5   subsection (1)(c) to an individual knowing the individual did not           

6   satisfactorily complete the course.                                         

7       (b) Present a certificate of completion described under                     

8   subsection (1)(c) to a concealed weapon licensing board knowing             

9   that the individual did not satisfactorily complete the course.             

10      (3) A person who violates subsection (2) is guilty of a                     

11  felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a            

12  fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.                                   

13  (4) A concealed weapons licensing board shall not require                   

14  that a specific form, color, wording, or other content appear on            

15  a certificate of completion other than the statement prescribed             

16  in subsection (1)(c), and shall accept as valid a certificate of            

17  completion issued prior to the effective date of the amendatory             

18  act that added this subsection that contains an inaccurate                  

19  reference to this section but otherwise complies with this                  

20  section.