December 17, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Chatfield, Johnson, Aaron Miller, Bumstead and Cole 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 5c (MCL 28.425c), as amended by 2015 PA 3; and
to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5c. (1) A license to carry a concealed pistol shall be in
a form, with the same dimensions as a Michigan operator license,
prescribed by the department of state police. Beginning December 1,
2015, the license shall be constructed of plastic laminated paper
or hard plastic. No additional fee shall be charged for the license
unless otherwise prescribed in this act. A fee not to exceed $10.00
may be charged for an optional hard plastic license only if the
county clerk also provides the option of obtaining a plastic
laminated paper license at no charge. A county clerk shall deposit
a fee collected under this subsection in the concealed pistol
licensing fund of that county created in section 5x. The license
shall contain all of the following:
(a) The licensee's full name and date of birth.
(b) A photograph and a physical description of the licensee.
(c) A statement of the effective dates of the license.
(d) An indication of exceptions authorized by this act
applicable to the licensee.
(e) The licensee's state-issued driver license or personal
identification card number.
(f)
The premises on which carrying a concealed pistol is
prohibited
under section 5o.
(f) (g)
The peace officer disclosure
required under section
5f(3).
(g) (h)
An indication whether the license
is a duplicate or an
emergency license.
(h) (i)
If the license is an emergency
license, an indication
that the emergency license does not exempt the individual from
complying with all applicable laws for the purchase of firearms.
(2) The department of state police or a county clerk shall not
require a licensee's signature to appear on a license to carry a
concealed pistol.
(3)
Subject to section 5o and except Except as otherwise
provided by law, a license to carry a concealed pistol issued by
the county clerk authorizes the licensee to do all of the
following:
(a) Carry a pistol concealed on or about his or her person
anywhere in this state.
(b) Carry a pistol in a vehicle, whether concealed or not
concealed, anywhere in this state.
(4) The secretary of state shall make a digitized photograph
taken of the applicant for a driver license or personal
identification card available to the department for use under this
act. The department shall provide the photograph of the applicant
received from the secretary of state to the county clerk who shall
use the photograph on the individual's license unless the applicant
does not have a digitized photograph on file with the secretary of
state. If an applicant does not have a digitized photograph on file
with the secretary of state, the applicant shall provide a
passport-quality photograph of the applicant as provided under
section 5b(1).
Enacting section 1. Section 5o of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.425o, is
repealed effective 90 days after the date this amendatory act is
enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.