HOUSE BILL No. 6394

 

September 5, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Jones, Kahn, David Law, Elsenheimer, Hansen, Ball, Stakoe and Sheltrown 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 12a (MCL 28.432a), as amended by 2002 PA 719.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 12a. (1) The requirements of this act for obtaining a

 


license to carry a concealed pistol do not apply to any of the

 

following:

 

     (a) A peace officer of a duly authorized police agency of the

 

United States or of this state or a political subdivision of this

 

state, who is regularly employed and paid by the United States or

 

this state or a subdivision of this state, except a township

 

constable.

 

     (b) A constable who is trained and certified under the

 

commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL

 

28.601 to 28.616, while engaged in his or her official duties or

 

going to or coming from his or her official duties, and who is

 

regularly employed and paid by a political subdivision of this

 

state.

 

     (c) A person regularly employed by the department of

 

corrections and authorized in writing by the director of the

 

department of corrections to carry a concealed pistol during the

 

performance of his or her duties or while going to or returning

 

from his or her duties.

 

     (d) A person regularly employed as a local corrections officer

 

by a county sheriff and authorized in writing by the county sheriff

 

to carry a concealed pistol during the performance of his or her

 

duties or while going to or returning from his or her duties.

 

     (e) A person regularly employed in a city jail or lockup who

 

has custody of persons detained or incarcerated in the jail or

 

lockup and who is authorized in writing by the chief of police or

 

the county sheriff to carry a concealed pistol during the

 

performance of his or her duties or while going to or returning

 


from his or her duties.

 

     (f)  (d)  A member of the United States army, air force, navy,

 

or marine corps while carrying a concealed pistol in the line of

 

duty.

 

     (g)  (e)  A member of the national guard, armed forces

 

reserves, or other duly authorized military organization while on

 

duty or drill or while going to or returning from his or her place

 

of assembly or practice or while carrying a concealed pistol for

 

purposes of that military organization.

 

     (h)  (f)  A resident of another state who is licensed by that

 

state to carry a concealed pistol.

 

     (i)  (g)  The regular and ordinary transportation of a pistol

 

as merchandise by an authorized agent of a person licensed to

 

manufacture firearms.

 

     (j)  (h)  A person while carrying a pistol unloaded in a

 

wrapper or container in the trunk of his or her vehicle or, if the

 

vehicle does not have a trunk, from transporting that pistol

 

unloaded in a locked compartment or container that is separated

 

from the ammunition for that pistol from the place of purchase to

 

his or her home or place of business or to a place of repair or

 

back to his or her home or place of business, or in moving goods

 

from 1 place of abode or business to another place of abode or

 

business.

 

     (k)  (i)  A peace officer or law enforcement officer from

 

Canada.

 

     (2) As used in this act, "local corrections officer" means

 

that term as defined in section 2 of the local corrections officers

 


training act, 2003 PA 125, MCL 791.532.