HB-5698, As Passed Senate, July 6, 2004
SENATE 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:
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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
complies
with the requirements
23 of this section and >> 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. <<Not later than October 1, 2004, the certificate of completion shall contain the statement, "This course complies with section 5j of 1927 PA 372.">>
27 (d) The instructor of the course is certified by this state
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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, except as provided in subsection
16 (5), and shall accept as valid a certificate of completion issued
17 prior to the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
18 subsection that contains an inaccurate reference <<or no reference>> to this section
19 but otherwise complies with this section.
20 (5) <<Beginning October 1, 2004, a>> concealed weapons licensing board shall require that a
21 certificate of completion contain the statement, "This course
22 complies with section 5j of 1927 PA 372.".
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