HOUSE BILL No. 6109


     May 21, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Vear, Raczkowski, Howell, Julian, Newell and DeVuyst and referred to the Committee on Civil
Law and the Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled

   "An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possess-
   ing, 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 authoriza-
   tion; 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 agen-
   cies; 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 appropri-
   ations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
   with this act,"

   by amending section 5l (MCL 28.425l), as added by 2000 PA 381.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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

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        for 3 years and may be renewed in the same manner as the original

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        license was received, except as follows:






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             (a) The renewal fee is $35.00.  The fee shall be payable to

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        the county.  The county treasurer shall deposit the fee in the

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        general fund of the county.

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             (b) For an individual who  held a general nonrestricted

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        license on July 1, 2001 and who was  IS a peace officer or  a

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        former peace officer, the educational requirements of section

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        5b(7)(n) are waived.  For an individual licensed on or after July

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        1, 2001, the educational requirements of section 5b(7)(n) are

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        waived except that the applicant shall present a statement signed

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        by the applicant certifying that he or she has completed not less

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        than 3 hours of review of the training described under

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        section 5b(7)(n) since receiving his or her license, and that

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        training included firing range time in the 6 months immediately

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        preceding his or her renewal application.  For any other individ-

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        ual licensed before July 1, 2001 applying for the first time

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        under this section to renew his or her license to carry a con-

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        cealed pistol, the educational requirements of section 5b(7)(n)

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        are not waived.

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             (2) An individual licensed to carry a concealed pistol under

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        this act on July 1, 2001 is eligible for a renewal license at the

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        fee provided for under this section.  This subsection applies

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        regardless of whether the license was restricted.

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             (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PEACE OFFICER OR FORMER PEACE

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        OFFICER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CERTIFIED OR WAS CERTIFIED AS

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        A POLICE OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BY THE MICHIGAN LAW

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        ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING COUNCIL OR THE COMMISSION ON LAW

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        ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND WHO IS EMPLOYED OR WAS EMPLOYED



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        FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME AS A PEACE OFFICER BY THIS STATE OR A

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        POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE.




















































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