HOUSE BILL No. 4446

 

March 25, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Drolet, Hummel, Robertson, Milosch and Shaffer 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 5n (MCL 28.425n), as added by 2000 PA 381.              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   this state shall not prohibit an individual from doing either of            

                                                                                

3   the following as a condition for receiving or maintaining any               

                                                                                

4   other license or permit authorized by law:                                  

                                                                                

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

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   pistol under this act.                                                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

3   issued under this act.                                                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6   of the following:                                                           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

8   pistol under this act.                                                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

10  issued under this act.  This subdivision does not prohibit an               

                                                                                

11  employer from prohibiting an employee from carrying a concealed             

                                                                                

12  pistol in the course of his or her employment with that                     

                                                                                

13  employer.                                                                   

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

15  agency from carrying a concealed pistol if carrying a concealed             

                                                                                

16  pistol would result in increased insurance premiums or a loss or            

                                                                                

17  reduction of insurance coverage for that employer.                          

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

21  employment, is required to perform inspections on private                   

                                                                                

22  property may carry a concealed pistol while on that private                 

                                                                                

23  property if he or she is licensed under this act.