CONCEALED PISTOL LICENSING REVISIONS S.B. 219:
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 219 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
CONTENT
The bill would amend the handgun licensure law to do the following:
-- Require a county sheriff to notify the county clerk if the sheriff determined that an applicant for an emergency concealed pistol license (CPL) was not eligible to receive a CPL under certain provisions relating to mental health and/or criminal history.
-- Specify that, if a person who applied for an emergency license did not complete a pistol training course and apply for a CPL within 10 business days after applying, the emergency license would no longer be valid.
-- Allow one CPL application to be submitted in any 12-month period, rather than in any calendar year.
-- Specify that the $100 application and licensing fee for a CPL would be nonrefundable.
-- Include a peace officer who held a CPL in the list of license holders who are exempt from the prohibition against carrying a concealed pistol on certain premises ("no-carry zones").
-- Provide for the surrender and replacement of a CPL for a licensee who had been exempt from the no-carry zone prohibition because he or she was a member of a sheriff's posse, an auxiliary officer, or a reserve officer, when he or she no longer held that status.
-- Revise requirements for receipt of a CPL renewal application, depending on whether the applicant's CPL had already expired.
-- Revise a provision prohibiting the issuance of a license, depending on whether the license was to purchase, possess, or transport a pistol or to carry a concealed pistol.
-- Revise provisions regarding the suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of a CPL if ordered by a court or if the licensee's eligibility to carry a concealed pistol changed.
-- Allow a county clerk to provide certain forms in an electronic format.
The bill also would repeal Sections 232 and 421 of the Michigan Penal Code. Section 232 makes it a misdemeanor for a person engaged in the retail sale of firearms or firearm silencers to fail to keep a register of purchasers and make it open to police inspection. Section 421 prohibits a person, without first obtaining a license, from constructing, buying, selling, possessing, or operating a motor vehicle designed for the use or purpose of defense or attack.
MCL 28.421 et al. Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed minor changes in procedures related to the administration of concealed weapons licenses are not expected to have a fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 3-15-17 Fiscal Analyst: Bruce Baker
Elizabeth Pratt
floor\sb219 Bill Analysis @ www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.