SENATE BILL No. 1028

 

 

September 9, 2014, Introduced by Senator SMITH 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, gas ejecting devices,

and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying,

selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and

electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other

authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and

electro-muscular disruption devices 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 (3), 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 Except as

 

provided in subsection (4), an employer from prohibiting may

 

prohibit 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) An employer shall not prohibit an employee licensed under

 

this act to carry a concealed pistol from possessing a pistol in

 

his or her privately owned motor vehicle located in a parking lot

 

of the employer.