April 29, 2015, Introduced by Senator GREEN and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to prohibit political subdivisions in this state from
imposing certain restrictions on the transportation, possession,
carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, devise, licensing,
registration, or use of knives or components of knives; and to
repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"Michigan knife rights act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Knife" means a cutting instrument and includes a
sharpened or pointed blade.
(b) "Political subdivision" means any county, city, village,
township, municipal corporation, or special district, or any board,
commission, or agency of a county, city, village, township,
municipal corporation, or special district.
Sec. 3. (1) A political subdivision in this state shall not
enact any ordinance, rule, or tax relating to the transportation,
possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, devise,
licensing, registration, or use of a knife or knife making
components.
(2) A political subdivision in this state shall not enact any
rule or ordinance relating to the manufacture of a knife that is
more restrictive than any rule or ordinance relating to the
manufacture of any other commercial goods.
(3) Any rule or ordinance adopted by a political subdivision
in this state that conflicts with this section, enacted before or
after the effective date of this act, is void.
Enacting section 1. Section 226a of the Michigan penal code,
1931 PA 328, MCL 750.226a, is repealed.