HOUSE BILL No. 4694

 

April 28, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Drolet, Taub, Gosselin, Shaffer, Baxter, Palmer and Acciavatti and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Recreation.

 

     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 5n (MCL 28.425n), as added by 2000 PA 381.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5n. (1) This state or a local unit of government of this

 

state shall not prohibit an individual from doing either of the

 

following as a condition for receiving or maintaining any other

 


license or permit authorized by law:

 

     (a) Applying for or receiving a license to carry a concealed

 

pistol under this act.

 

     (b) Carrying a concealed pistol in compliance with a license

 

issued under this act.

 

     (2) Except as provided in  subsection  subsections (3) and

 

(4), an employer shall not prohibit an employee from doing either

 

of the following:

 

     (a) Applying for or receiving a license to carry a concealed

 

pistol under this act.

 

     (b) Carrying a concealed pistol in compliance with a license

 

issued under this act. This subdivision does not prohibit an

 

employer from prohibiting an employee from carrying a concealed

 

pistol in the course of his or her employment with that employer.

 

     (3) A police agency may prohibit an employee of that police

 

agency from carrying a concealed pistol if carrying a concealed

 

pistol would result in increased insurance premiums or a loss or

 

reduction of insurance coverage for that employer.

 

     (4) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(b), and subject to

 

subsection (3), an employee of this state or a political

 

subdivision of this state who, in the course of his or her

 

employment, is required to perform inspections on private property

 

may carry a concealed pistol while on that private property if he

 

or she is licensed under this act.