HOUSE BILL No. 5548

 

February 17, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Sheen, Milosch, DeRoche, Moolenaar, Emmons, Brown, DeRossett, Newell, Palsrok, Hune, LaJoy, Hoogendyk, Gillard, Pappageorge, Voorhees, LaSata, Acciavatti, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Shackleton, Meyer, Drolet, Caul, Nofs, Middaugh, Woronchak, Pumford, Hager, Mortimer, Robertson, Huizenga, Kooiman, Shulman, Stahl, Ward, Tabor, Stakoe, Pastor, Casperson, Taub, Bradstreet, Caswell, Nitz, Hummel, Palmer, Brandenburg, Bisbee, Wenke, Sheltrown, Byrum, O'Neil, Plakas, Farrah, Adamini, Amos and Richardville and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 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 5l (MCL 28.425l), as amended by 2002 PA 719.             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 5l.  (1) A license to carry a concealed pistol issued                  

                                                                                

2   before July 1, 2003 is valid for 3 years and a license to carry a           

                                                                                

3   concealed pistol issued on or after July 1, 2003 is valid for 5             

                                                                                

4   years.   A  Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), a                

                                                                                

5   renewal of a license under section 5b shall be issued in the same           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   manner as an original license issued under section 5b.                      

                                                                                

2       (2) The educational requirements under section 5b(7)(c) are                 

                                                                                

3   waived for an applicant who is a retired police officer or                  

                                                                                

4   retired law enforcement officer.                                            

                                                                                

5       (3) The educational requirements under section 5b(7)(c) for                 

                                                                                

6   an applicant who is applying for a renewal of a license under               

                                                                                

7   this act are waived except that the applicant shall certify that            

                                                                                

8   he or she has completed at least 3 hours' review of the training            

                                                                                

9   described under section 5b(7)(c) and has had at least 1 hour of             

                                                                                

10  firing range time in the 6 months immediately preceding the                 

                                                                                

11  subsequent application.                                                     

                                                                                

12      (4) The fingerprinting requirements under section 5b are                    

                                                                                

13  waived for an applicant who is applying for a renewal of a                  

                                                                                

14  license under this act.