HOUSE BILL No. 4295

 

 

March 6, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Eisen, Wozniak, Howell, Hoitenga, Hornberger and Green and referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security.

 

     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 sections 1, 5b, and 5o (MCL 28.421, 28.425b, and

 

28.425o), sections 1, 5b, and 5o as amended by 2017 PA 95.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Corrections officer of the department of corrections"


means a state correctional officer as that term is defined in

 

section 2 of the correctional officers' training act of 1982, 1982

 

PA 415, MCL 791.502.

 

     (b) "Felony" means, except as otherwise provided in this

 

subdivision, that term as defined in section 1 of chapter I of the

 

code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 761.1, or a violation

 

of a law of the United States or another state that is designated

 

as a felony or that is punishable by death or by imprisonment for

 

more than 1 year. Felony does not include a violation of a penal

 

law of this state that is expressly designated as a misdemeanor.

 

     (c) "Firearm" means any weapon which will, is designed to, or

 

may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an

 

explosive.

 

     (d) "Firearms records" means any form, information, or record

 

required for submission to a government agency under sections 2,

 

2a, 2b, and 5b, or any form, permit, or license issued by a

 

government agency under this act.

 

     (e) "Local corrections officer" means that term as defined in

 

section 2 of the local corrections officers training act, 2003 PA

 

125, MCL 791.532.

 

     (f) "Misdemeanor" means a violation of a penal law of this

 

state or violation of a local ordinance substantially corresponding

 

to a violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or

 

a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that

 

is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine,

 

or both.

 

     (g) "Parole or probation officer of the department of


corrections" means any individual employed by the department of

 

corrections to supervise felony probationers or parolees or that

 

individual's immediate supervisor.

 

     (h) "Peace officer" means, except as otherwise provided in

 

this act, an individual who is employed as a law enforcement

 

officer, as that term is defined under section 2 of the Michigan

 

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

 

28.602, by this state or another state, a political subdivision of

 

this state or another state, or the United States, and who is

 

required to carry a firearm in the course of his or her duties as a

 

law enforcement officer.

 

     (i) "Pistol" means a loaded or unloaded firearm that is 26

 

inches or less in length, or a loaded or unloaded firearm that by

 

its construction and appearance conceals it as a firearm.

 

     (j) "Purchaser" means a person who receives a pistol from

 

another person by purchase or gift.

 

     (k) "Qualified concealed pistol instructor" means an

 

individual who meets both of the following criteria:

 

     (i) Is certified by this state or a state or national firearms

 

training organization to teach the pistol safety training courses

 

described in section 5j and has taught those courses for 2 years or

 

more.

 

     (ii) Has received county sheriff approved weapons training

 

from the county sheriff in the county in which the individual

 

resides.

 

     (l) (k) "Reserve peace officer", "auxiliary officer", or

 

"reserve officer" means, except as otherwise provided in this act,


an individual authorized on a voluntary or irregular basis by a

 

duly authorized police agency of this state or a political

 

subdivision of this state to act as a law enforcement officer, who

 

is responsible for the preservation of the peace, the prevention

 

and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the general criminal

 

laws of this state, and who is otherwise eligible to possess a

 

firearm under this act.

 

     (m) (l) "Retired corrections officer of the department of

 

corrections" means an individual who was a corrections officer of

 

the department of corrections and who retired in good standing from

 

his or her employment as a corrections officer of the department of

 

corrections.

 

     (n) (m) "Retired federal law enforcement officer" means an

 

individual who was an officer or agent employed by a law

 

enforcement agency of the United States government whose primary

 

responsibility was enforcing laws of the United States, who was

 

required to carry a firearm in the course of his or her duties as a

 

law enforcement officer, and who retired in good standing from his

 

or her employment as a federal law enforcement officer.

 

     (o) (n) "Retired parole or probation officer of the department

 

of corrections" means an individual who was a parole or probation

 

officer of the department of corrections and who retired in good

 

standing from his or her employment as a parole or probation

 

officer of the department of corrections.

 

     (p) (o) "Retired police officer" or "retired law enforcement

 

officer" means an individual who was a police officer or law

 

enforcement officer who was licensed or certified as described in


the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA

 

203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615, and retired in good standing from his or

 

her employment as a police officer or law enforcement officer. A

 

police officer or law enforcement officer retired in good standing

 

if he or she receives a pension or other retirement benefit for his

 

or her service as a police officer or law enforcement officer or

 

actively maintained a Michigan commission on law enforcement

 

standards or equivalent state certification or license from this

 

state or another state for not less than 10 consecutive years.

 

     (q) (p) "Seller" means a person who sells or gives a pistol to

 

another person.

 

     (r) (q) "State court judge" means a judge of the district

 

court, circuit court, probate court, or court of appeals or justice

 

of the supreme court of this state who is serving either by

 

election or appointment.

 

     (s) (r) "State court retired judge" means a judge or justice

 

described in subdivision (q) (r) who is retired, or a retired judge

 

of the recorders court.

 

     (2) A person may lawfully own, possess, carry, or transport as

 

a pistol a firearm greater than 26 inches in length if all of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The person registered the firearm as a pistol under

 

section 2 or 2a before January 1, 2013.

 

     (b) The person who registered the firearm as described in

 

subdivision (a) has maintained registration of the firearm since

 

January 1, 2013 without lapse.

 

     (c) The person possesses a copy of the license or record


issued to him or her under section 2 or 2a.

 

     (3) A person who satisfies all of the conditions listed under

 

subsection (2) nevertheless may elect to have the firearm not be

 

considered to be a pistol. A person who makes the election under

 

this subsection shall notify the department of state police of the

 

election in a manner prescribed by that department.

 

     Sec. 5b. (1) To obtain a license to carry a concealed pistol,

 

an individual shall apply to the county clerk in the county in

 

which the individual resides. The applicant shall file the

 

application with the county clerk in the county in which the

 

applicant resides during the county clerk's normal business hours.

 

The application must be on a form provided by the director of the

 

department of state police and allow the applicant to designate

 

whether the applicant seeks an emergency license. The applicant

 

shall sign the application under oath. The county clerk or his or

 

her representative shall administer the oath. An application under

 

this subsection is not considered complete until an applicant

 

submits all of the required information and fees and has

 

fingerprints taken under subsection (9). An application under this

 

subsection is considered withdrawn if an applicant does not have

 

fingerprints taken under subsection (9) within 45 days of the date

 

an application is filed under this subsection. A completed

 

application and all receipts issued under this section expire 1

 

year from the date of application. The county clerk shall issue the

 

applicant a receipt for his or her application at the time the

 

application is submitted containing the name of the applicant, the

 

applicant's state-issued driver license or personal identification


card number, the date and time the receipt is issued, the amount

 

paid, the name of the county in which the receipt is issued, an

 

impression of the county seal, and the statement, "This receipt was

 

issued for the purpose of applying for a concealed pistol license

 

and for obtaining fingerprints related to that application. This

 

receipt does not authorize an individual to carry a concealed

 

pistol in this state.". The application must contain all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The applicant's legal name, date of birth, the address of

 

his or her primary residence, and his or her state-issued driver

 

license or personal identification card number.

 

     (b) A statement by the applicant that the applicant meets the

 

criteria for a license under this act to carry a concealed pistol.

 

     (c) A statement by the applicant authorizing the department of

 

state police to access any record needed to perform the

 

verification in subsection (6).

 

     (d) A statement by the applicant regarding whether he or she

 

has a history of mental illness that would disqualify him or her

 

under subsection (7)(j) to (l) from receiving a license to carry a

 

concealed pistol.

 

     (e) A statement by the applicant regarding whether he or she

 

has ever been convicted in this state or elsewhere for any of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Any felony.

 

     (ii) A misdemeanor listed under subsection (7)(h) if the

 

applicant was convicted of that misdemeanor in the 8 years

 

immediately preceding the date of the application, or a misdemeanor


listed under subsection (7)(i) if the applicant was convicted of

 

that misdemeanor in the 3 years immediately preceding the date of

 

the application.

 

     (f) A statement by the applicant whether he or she has been

 

dishonorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.

 

     (g) If an applicant does not have a digitized photograph on

 

file with the secretary of state, a passport-quality photograph of

 

the applicant provided by the applicant at the time of application.

 

     (h) A certificate stating that the applicant has completed the

 

training course prescribed by this act.

 

     (2) The county clerk shall not require the applicant to submit

 

any additional forms, documents, letters, or other evidence of

 

eligibility for obtaining a license to carry a concealed pistol

 

except as set forth in subsection (1) or as otherwise provided for

 

in this act. The application form must contain a conspicuous

 

warning that the application is executed under oath and that

 

intentionally making a material false statement on the application

 

is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or

 

a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.

 

     (3) An individual who intentionally makes a material false

 

statement on an application under subsection (1) is guilty of a

 

felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a

 

fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.

 

     (4) The county clerk shall retain a copy of each application

 

for a license to carry a concealed pistol as an official record.

 

One year after the expiration of a concealed pistol license, the

 

county clerk may destroy the record and a name index of the record


shall be maintained in the database created in section 5e.

 

     (5) Each applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application and

 

licensing fee of $100.00 by any method of payment accepted by that

 

county for payments of other fees and penalties. Except as provided

 

in subsection (9), no other charge, fee, cost, or assessment,

 

including any local charge, fee, cost, or assessment, is required

 

of the applicant except as specifically authorized in this act. The

 

applicant shall pay the application and licensing fee to the

 

county. The county treasurer shall deposit $26.00 of each

 

application and licensing fee collected under this section in the

 

concealed pistol licensing fund of that county created in section

 

5x. The county treasurer shall forward the balance remaining to the

 

state treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit the balance of

 

the fee in the general fund to the credit of the department of

 

state police. The department of state police shall use the money

 

received under this act to process the fingerprints and to

 

reimburse the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the costs

 

associated with processing fingerprints submitted under this act.

 

The balance of the money received under this act must be credited

 

to the department of state police.

 

     (6) The department of state police shall verify the

 

requirements of subsection (7)(d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (k),

 

and (m) through the law enforcement information network and the

 

national instant criminal background check system and shall report

 

to the county clerk all statutory disqualifications, if any, under

 

this act that apply to an applicant.

 

     (7) The county clerk shall issue and shall send by first-class


mail a license to an applicant to carry a concealed pistol within

 

the period required under this act if the county clerk determines

 

that all of the following circumstances exist:

 

     (a) The applicant is 21 years of age or older.

 

     (b) The applicant is a citizen of the United States or is an

 

alien lawfully admitted into the United States, is a legal resident

 

of this state, and has resided in this state for not less than the

 

6 months immediately preceding the date of application. The county

 

clerk shall waive the 6-month residency requirement for an

 

emergency license under section 5a(4) if the applicant is a

 

petitioner for a personal protection order issued under section

 

2950 or 2950a of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236,

 

MCL 600.2950 and 600.2950a, or if the county sheriff determines

 

that there is clear and convincing evidence to believe that the

 

safety of the applicant or the safety of a member of the

 

applicant's family or household is endangered by the applicant's

 

inability to immediately obtain a license to carry a concealed

 

pistol. If the applicant holds a valid concealed pistol license

 

issued by another state at the time the applicant's residency in

 

this state is established, the county clerk shall waive the 6-month

 

residency requirement and the applicant may apply for a concealed

 

pistol license at the time the applicant's residency in this state

 

is established. For the purposes of this section, an individual is

 

considered a legal resident of this state if any of the following

 

apply:

 

     (i) The individual has a valid, lawfully obtained driver

 

license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL


257.1 to 257.923, or official state personal identification card

 

issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300.

 

     (ii) The individual is lawfully registered to vote in this

 

state.

 

     (iii) The individual is on active duty status with the United

 

States Armed Forces and is stationed outside of this state, but the

 

individual's home of record is in this state.

 

     (iv) The individual is on active duty status with the United

 

States Armed Forces and is permanently stationed in this state, but

 

the individual's home of record is in another state.

 

     (c) The applicant has knowledge and has had training in the

 

safe use and handling of a pistol by the successful completion of a

 

pistol safety training course or class that meets the requirements

 

of section 5j.

 

     (d) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant is not the subject

 

of an order or disposition under any of the following:

 

     (i) Section 464a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL

 

330.1464a.

 

     (ii) Section 5107 of the estates and protected individuals

 

code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5107.

 

     (iii) Sections 2950 and 2950a of the revised judicature act of

 

1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950 and 600.2950a.

 

     (iv) Section 6b of chapter V of the code of criminal

 

procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 765.6b, if the order has a condition

 

imposed under section 6b(3) of chapter V of the code of criminal

 

procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 765.6b.


     (v) Section 16b of chapter IX of the code of criminal

 

procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 769.16b.

 

     (e) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant is not prohibited

 

from possessing, using, transporting, selling, purchasing,

 

carrying, shipping, receiving, or distributing a firearm under

 

section 224f of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.224f.

 

     (f) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant has never been

 

convicted of a felony in this state or elsewhere, and a felony

 

charge against the applicant is not pending in this state or

 

elsewhere at the time he or she applies for a license described in

 

this section.

 

     (g) The applicant has not been dishonorably discharged from

 

the United States Armed Forces.

 

     (h) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant has not been

 

convicted of a misdemeanor violation of any of the following in the

 

8 years immediately preceding the date of application and a charge

 

for a misdemeanor violation of any of the following is not pending

 

against the applicant in this state or elsewhere at the time he or

 

she applies for a license described in this section:

 

     (i) Section 617a (failing to stop when involved in a personal

 

injury accident), section 625 as punishable under subsection (9)(b)

 

of that section (operating while intoxicated, second offense),

 

section 625m as punishable under subsection (4) of that section

 

(operating a commercial vehicle with alcohol content, second


offense), section 626 (reckless driving), or a violation of section

 

904(1) (operating while license suspended or revoked, second or

 

subsequent offense) of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL

 

257.617a, 257.625, 257.625m, 257.626, and 257.904.

 

     (ii) Section 185(7) of the aeronautics code of the state of

 

Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.185 (operating aircraft while under

 

the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance with

 

prior conviction).

 

     (iii) Section 29 of the weights and measures act, 1964 PA 283,

 

MCL 290.629 (hindering or obstructing certain persons performing

 

official weights and measures duties).

 

     (iv) Section 10 of the motor fuels quality act, 1984 PA 44,

 

MCL 290.650 (hindering, obstructing, assaulting, or committing

 

bodily injury upon director or authorized representative).

 

     (v) Section 80176 as punishable under section 80177(1)(b)

 

(operating vessel under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a

 

controlled substance, second offense), section 81134 as punishable

 

under subsection (8)(b) of that section (operating ORV under the

 

influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, second

 

or subsequent offense), or section 82127 as punishable under

 

section 82128(1)(b) (operating snowmobile under the influence of

 

intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, second offense) of

 

the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA

 

451, MCL 324.80176, 324.80177, 324.81134, 324.82127, and 324.82128.

 

     (vi) Section 7403 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.7403 (possession of controlled substance, controlled substance

 

analogue, or prescription form).


     (vii) Section 353 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354,

 

MCL 462.353, punishable under subsection (4) of that section

 

(operating locomotive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or

 

a controlled substance, or while visibly impaired, second offense).

 

     (viii) Section 7 of 1978 PA 33, MCL 722.677 (displaying

 

sexually explicit matter to minors).

 

     (ix) Section 81 (assault or domestic assault), section 81a(1)

 

or (2) (aggravated assault or aggravated domestic assault), section

 

115 (breaking and entering or entering without breaking), section

 

136b(7) (fourth degree child abuse), section 145n (vulnerable adult

 

abuse), section 157b(3)(b) (solicitation to commit a felony),

 

section 215 (impersonating peace officer or medical examiner),

 

section 223 (illegal sale of a firearm or ammunition), section 224d

 

(illegal use or sale of a self-defense spray), section 226a (sale

 

or possession of a switchblade), section 227c (improper

 

transportation of a loaded firearm), section 229 (accepting a

 

pistol in pawn), section 232a (improperly obtaining a pistol,

 

making a false statement on an application to purchase a pistol, or

 

using false identification to purchase a pistol), section 233

 

(intentionally aiming a firearm without malice), section 234

 

(intentionally discharging a firearm aimed without malice), section

 

234d (possessing a firearm on prohibited premises), section 234e

 

(brandishing a firearm in public), section 234f (possession of a

 

firearm by an individual less than 18 years of age), section 235

 

(intentionally discharging a firearm aimed without malice causing

 

injury), section 235a (parent of a minor who possessed a firearm in

 

a weapon free school zone), section 236 (setting a spring gun or


other device), section 237 (possessing a firearm while under the

 

influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance),

 

section 237a (weapon free school zone violation), section 335a

 

(indecent exposure), section 411h (stalking), or section 520e

 

(fourth degree criminal sexual conduct) of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.81, 750.81a, 750.115, 750.136b, 750.145n,

 

750.157b, 750.215, 750.223, 750.224d, 750.226a, 750.227c, 750.229,

 

750.232a, 750.233, 750.234, 750.234d, 750.234e, 750.234f, 750.235,

 

750.235a, 750.236, 750.237, 750.237a, 750.335a, 750.411h, and

 

750.520e.

 

     (x) Former section 228 226a of the Michigan penal code, 1931

 

PA 328.

 

     (xi) Section 1 (reckless, careless, or negligent use of a

 

firearm resulting in injury or death), section 2 (careless,

 

reckless, or negligent use of a firearm resulting in property

 

damage), or section 3a (reckless discharge of a firearm) of 1952 PA

 

45, MCL 752.861, 752.862, and 752.863a.

 

     (xii) A violation of a law of the United States, another

 

state, or a local unit of government of this state or another state

 

substantially corresponding to a violation described in

 

subparagraphs (i) to (xi).

 

     (i) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant has not been

 

convicted of a misdemeanor violation of any of the following in the

 

3 years immediately preceding the date of application unless the

 

misdemeanor violation is listed under subdivision (h) and a charge

 

for a misdemeanor violation of any of the following is not pending


against the applicant in this state or elsewhere at the time he or

 

she applies for a license described in this section:

 

     (i) Section 625 (operating under the influence), section 625a

 

(refusal of commercial vehicle operator to submit to a chemical

 

test), section 625k (ignition interlock device reporting

 

violation), section 625l (circumventing an ignition interlock

 

device), or section 625m punishable under subsection (3) of that

 

section (operating a commercial vehicle with alcohol content) of

 

the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625, 257.625a,

 

257.625k, 257.625l, and 257.625m.

 

     (ii) Section 185 of the aeronautics code of the state of

 

Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.185 (operating aircraft under the

 

influence).

 

     (iii) Section 81134 (operating ORV under the influence or

 

operating ORV while visibly impaired), or section 82127 (operating

 

a snowmobile under the influence) of the natural resources and

 

environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81134 and

 

324.82127.

 

     (iv) Part 74 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.7401 to 333.7461 (controlled substance violation).

 

     (v) Section 353 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL

 

462.353, punishable under subsection (3) of that section (operating

 

locomotive under the influence).

 

     (vi) Section 167 (disorderly person), section 174

 

(embezzlement), section 218 (false pretenses with intent to

 

defraud), section 356 (larceny), section 356d (second degree retail

 

fraud), section 359 (larceny from a vacant building or structure),


section 362 (larceny by conversion), section 362a (larceny –

 

defrauding lessor), section 377a (malicious destruction of

 

property), section 380 (malicious destruction of real property),

 

section 535 (receiving or concealing stolen property), or section

 

540e (malicious use of telecommunications service or device) of the

 

Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.167, 750.174, 750.218,

 

750.356, 750.356d, 750.359, 750.362, 750.362a, 750.377a, 750.380,

 

750.535, and 750.540e.

 

     (vii) A violation of a law of the United States, another

 

state, or a local unit of government of this state or another state

 

substantially corresponding to a violation described in

 

subparagraphs (i) to (vi).

 

     (j) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant has not been found

 

guilty but mentally ill of any crime and has not offered a plea of

 

not guilty of, or been acquitted of, any crime by reason of

 

insanity.

 

     (k) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant is not currently

 

and has never been subject to an order of involuntary commitment in

 

an inpatient or outpatient setting due to mental illness.

 

     (l) The applicant has filed a statement under subsection

 

(1)(d) that the applicant does not have a diagnosis of mental

 

illness that includes an assessment that the individual presents a

 

danger to himself or herself or to another at the time the

 

application is made, regardless of whether he or she is receiving

 

treatment for that illness.


     (m) Based solely on the report received from the department of

 

state police under subsection (6), the applicant is not under a

 

court order of legal incapacity in this state or elsewhere.

 

     (n) The applicant has a valid state-issued driver license or

 

personal identification card.

 

     (8) Upon entry of a court order or conviction of 1 of the

 

enumerated prohibitions for using, transporting, selling,

 

purchasing, carrying, shipping, receiving, or distributing a

 

firearm in this section the department of state police shall

 

immediately enter the order or conviction into the law enforcement

 

information network. For purposes of this act, information of the

 

court order or conviction must not be removed from the law

 

enforcement information network, but may be moved to a separate

 

file intended for the use of the department of state police, the

 

courts, and other government entities as necessary and exclusively

 

to determine eligibility to be licensed under this act.

 

     (9) An individual, after submitting an application and paying

 

the fee prescribed under subsection (5), shall request that

 

classifiable fingerprints be taken by a county clerk, the

 

department of state police, a county sheriff, a local police

 

agency, or other entity, if the county clerk, department of state

 

police, county sheriff, local police agency, or other entity

 

provides fingerprinting capability for the purposes of this act. An

 

individual who has had classifiable fingerprints taken under

 

section 5a(4) does not need additional fingerprints taken under

 

this subsection. If the individual requests that classifiable

 

fingerprints be taken by the county clerk, department of state


police, county sheriff, a local police agency, or other entity, the

 

individual shall also pay a fee of $15.00 by any method of payment

 

accepted for payments of other fees and penalties. A county clerk

 

shall deposit any fee it accepts under this subsection in the

 

concealed pistol licensing fund of that county created in section

 

5x. The county clerk, department of state police, county sheriff,

 

local police agency, or other entity shall take the fingerprints

 

within 5 business days after the request. County clerks, the

 

department of state police, county sheriffs, local police agencies,

 

and other entities shall provide reasonable access to

 

fingerprinting services during normal business hours as is

 

necessary to comply with the requirements of this act if the county

 

clerk, department of state police, county sheriff, local police

 

agency, or other entity provides fingerprinting capability for the

 

purposes of this act. The entity providing fingerprinting services

 

shall issue the individual a receipt at the time his or her

 

fingerprints are taken. The county clerk, department of state

 

police, county sheriff, local police agency, or other entity shall

 

not provide a receipt under this subsection unless the individual

 

requesting the fingerprints provides an application receipt

 

received under subsection (1). A receipt under this subsection must

 

contain all of the following:

 

     (a) The name of the individual.

 

     (b) The date and time the receipt is issued.

 

     (c) The amount paid.

 

     (d) The name of the entity providing the fingerprint services.

 

     (e) The individual's state-issued driver license or personal


identification card number.

 

     (f) The statement "This receipt was issued for the purpose of

 

applying for a concealed pistol license. As provided in section 5b

 

of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.425b, if a license or notice of statutory

 

disqualification is not issued within 45 days after the date this

 

receipt was issued, this receipt shall serve as a concealed pistol

 

license for the individual named in the receipt when carried with

 

an official state-issued driver license or personal identification

 

card. The receipt is valid as a license until a license or notice

 

of statutory disqualification is issued by the county clerk. This

 

receipt does not exempt the individual named in the receipt from

 

complying with all applicable laws for the purchase of firearms.".

 

     (10) The fingerprints must be taken, under subsection (9), in

 

a manner prescribed by the department of state police. The county

 

clerk, county sheriff, local police agency, or other entity shall

 

immediately forward the fingerprints taken by that entity to the

 

department of state police for comparison with fingerprints already

 

on file with the department of state police. The department of

 

state police shall immediately forward the fingerprints to the

 

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Within 5 business days after

 

completing the verification under subsection (6), the department

 

shall send the county clerk a list of an individual's statutory

 

disqualifications under this act. Except as provided in section

 

5a(4), the county clerk shall not issue a concealed pistol license

 

until he or she receives the report of statutory disqualifications

 

prescribed in this subsection. If an individual's fingerprints are

 

not classifiable, the department of state police shall, at no


charge, take the individual's fingerprints again or provide for the

 

comparisons under this subsection to be conducted through

 

alternative means. The county clerk shall not issue a notice of

 

statutory disqualification because an individual's fingerprints are

 

not classifiable by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

 

     (11) The county clerk shall send by first-class mail a notice

 

of statutory disqualification for a license under this act to an

 

individual if the individual is not qualified under subsection (7)

 

to receive that license.

 

     (12) A license to carry a concealed pistol that is issued

 

based upon an application that contains a material false statement

 

is void from the date the license is issued.

 

     (13) Subject to subsection (10), the department of state

 

police shall complete the verification required under subsection

 

(6) and the county clerk shall issue a license or a notice of

 

statutory disqualification within 45 days after the date the

 

individual has classifiable fingerprints taken under subsection

 

(9). The county clerk shall include an indication on the license if

 

an individual is exempt from the prohibitions against carrying a

 

concealed pistol on premises described in section 5o if the

 

applicant provides acceptable proof that he or she qualifies for

 

that exemption. If the county clerk receives notice from a county

 

sheriff or chief law enforcement officer that a licensee is no

 

longer a member of a sheriff's posse, an auxiliary officer, or a

 

reserve officer, the county clerk shall notify the licensee that he

 

or she shall surrender the concealed pistol license indicating that

 

the individual is exempt from the prohibitions against carrying a


concealed pistol on premises described in section 5o. The licensee

 

shall, within 30 days after receiving notice from the county clerk,

 

surrender the license indicating that the individual is exempt from

 

the prohibitions against carrying a concealed pistol on premises

 

described in section 5o and obtain a replacement license after

 

paying the fee required under subsection (15). If the county clerk

 

issues a notice of statutory disqualification, the county clerk

 

shall within 5 business days do all of the following:

 

     (a) Inform the individual in writing of the reasons for the

 

denial or disqualification. Information under this subdivision

 

shall must include all of the following:

 

     (i) A statement of each statutory disqualification identified.

 

     (ii) The source of the record for each statutory

 

disqualification identified.

 

     (iii) The contact information for the source of the record for

 

each statutory disqualification identified.

 

     (b) Inform the individual in writing of his or her right to

 

appeal the denial or notice of statutory disqualification to the

 

circuit court as provided in section 5d.

 

     (c) Inform the individual that he or she should contact the

 

source of the record for any statutory disqualification to correct

 

any errors in the record resulting in the statutory

 

disqualification.

 

     (14) If a license or notice of statutory disqualification is

 

not issued under subsection (13) within 45 days after the date the

 

individual has classifiable fingerprints taken under subsection

 

(9), the receipt issued under subsection (9) serves as a concealed


pistol license for purposes of this act when carried with a state-

 

issued driver license or personal identification card and is valid

 

until a license or notice of statutory disqualification is issued

 

by the county clerk.

 

     (15) If an individual licensed under this act to carry a

 

concealed pistol moves to a different county within this state, his

 

or her license remains valid until it expires or is otherwise

 

suspended or revoked under this act. An individual may notify a

 

county clerk that he or she has moved to a different address within

 

this state for the purpose of receiving the notice under section

 

5l(1). A license to carry a concealed pistol that is lost, stolen,

 

defaced, or replaced for any other reason may be replaced by the

 

issuing county clerk for a replacement fee of $10.00. A county

 

clerk shall deposit a replacement fee under this subsection in the

 

concealed pistol licensing fund of that county created in section

 

5x.

 

     (16) If a license issued under this act is suspended or

 

revoked, the license is forfeited and the individual shall return

 

the license to the county clerk forthwith by mail or in person. The

 

county clerk shall retain a suspended or revoked license as an

 

official record 1 year after the expiration of the license, unless

 

the license is reinstated or a new license is issued. The county

 

clerk shall notify the department of state police if a license is

 

suspended or revoked. The department of state police shall enter

 

that suspension or revocation into the law enforcement information

 

network. An individual who fails to return a license as required

 

under this subsection after he or she was notified that his or her


license was suspended or revoked is guilty of a misdemeanor

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of

 

not more than $500.00, or both.

 

     (17) An applicant or an individual licensed under this act to

 

carry a concealed pistol may be furnished a copy of his or her

 

application under this section upon request and the payment of a

 

reasonable fee not to exceed $1.00. The county clerk shall deposit

 

any fee collected under this subsection in the concealed pistol

 

licensing fund of that county created in section 5x.

 

     (18) This section does not prohibit the county clerk from

 

making public and distributing to the public at no cost lists of

 

individuals who are certified as qualified instructors as

 

prescribed under section 5j.

 

     (19) A county clerk issuing an initial license or renewal

 

license under this act shall mail the license to the licensee by

 

first-class mail in a sealed envelope. Upon payment of the fee

 

under subsection (15), a county clerk shall issue a replacement

 

license in person at the time of application for a replacement

 

license. A county clerk may also deliver a replacement license by

 

first-class mail if the individual submits to the clerk a written

 

request and a copy of the individual's state-issued driver license

 

or personal identification card.

 

     (20) A county clerk, county sheriff, county prosecuting

 

attorney, police department, or the department of state police is

 

not liable for civil damages as a result of issuing a license under

 

this act to an individual who later commits a crime or a negligent

 

act.


     (21) An individual licensed under this act to carry a

 

concealed pistol may voluntarily surrender that license without

 

explanation. A county clerk shall retain a surrendered license as

 

an official record for 1 year after the license is surrendered. If

 

an individual voluntarily surrenders a license under this

 

subsection, the county clerk shall notify the department of state

 

police. The department of state police shall enter into the law

 

enforcement information network that the license was voluntarily

 

surrendered and the date the license was voluntarily surrendered.

 

     (22) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Acceptable proof" means any of the following:

 

     (i) For a retired police officer or retired law enforcement

 

officer, the officer's retired identification or a letter from a

 

law enforcement agency stating that the retired police officer or

 

law enforcement officer retired in good standing.

 

     (ii) For an individual who is employed or contracted by an

 

entity described under section 5o(1) to provide security services,

 

a letter from that entity stating that the employee is required by

 

his or her employer or the terms of a contract to carry a concealed

 

firearm on the premises of the employing or contracting entity and

 

his or her employee identification.

 

     (iii) For an individual who is licensed as a private

 

investigator or private detective under the professional

 

investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851,

 

his or her license.

 

     (iv) For an individual who is a corrections officer of a

 

county sheriff's department, his or her employee identification and


a letter stating that the individual has received county sheriff

 

approved weapons training.

 

     (v) For an individual who is a retired corrections officer of

 

a county sheriff's department, a letter from the county sheriff's

 

office stating that the retired corrections officer retired in good

 

standing and that the individual has received county sheriff

 

approved weapons training.

 

     (vi) For an individual who is a motor carrier officer or

 

capitol security officer of the department of state police, his or

 

her employee identification.

 

     (vii) For an individual who is a member of a sheriff's posse,

 

his or her identification.

 

     (viii) For an individual who is an auxiliary officer or

 

reserve officer of a police or sheriff's department, his or her

 

employee identification.

 

     (ix) For an individual who is a parole, probation, or

 

corrections officer, or absconder recovery unit member, of the

 

department of corrections, his or her employee identification and

 

proof that the individual obtained a Michigan department of

 

corrections weapons permit.

 

     (x) For an individual who is a retired parole, probation, or

 

corrections officer, or retired absconder recovery unit member, of

 

the department of corrections, a letter from the department of

 

corrections stating that the retired parole, probation, or

 

corrections officer, or retired absconder recovery unit member,

 

retired in good standing and proof that the individual obtained a

 

Michigan department of corrections weapons permit.


     (xi) For a state court judge or state court retired judge, a

 

letter from the judicial tenure commission stating that the state

 

court judge or state court retired judge is in good standing.

 

     (xii) For an individual who is a court officer, his or her

 

employee identification.

 

     (xiii) For a retired federal law enforcement officer, the

 

identification required under the law enforcement officers safety

 

act or a letter from a law enforcement agency stating that the

 

retired federal law enforcement officer retired in good standing.

 

     (xiv) For an individual who is a peace officer, his or her

 

employee identification.

 

     (xv) For a qualified concealed pistol instructor, a letter

 

from the county sheriff in the county in which the individual

 

resides stating that individual has received county sheriff

 

approved weapons training.

 

     (b) "Convicted" means a final conviction, the payment of a

 

fine, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere if accepted by the court,

 

or a finding of guilt for a criminal law violation or a juvenile

 

adjudication or disposition by the juvenile division of probate

 

court or family division of circuit court for a violation that if

 

committed by an adult would be a crime.

 

     (c) "Felony" means, except as otherwise provided in this

 

subdivision, that term as defined in section 1 of chapter I of the

 

code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 761.1, or a violation

 

of a law of the United States or another state that is designated

 

as a felony or that is punishable by death or by imprisonment for

 

more than 1 year. Felony does not include a violation of a penal


law of this state that is expressly designated as a misdemeanor.

 

     (d) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought

 

or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to

 

recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary demands of

 

life, and includes, but is not limited to, clinical depression.

 

     (e) "Misdemeanor" means a violation of a penal law of this

 

state or violation of a local ordinance substantially corresponding

 

to a violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or

 

a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that

 

is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine,

 

or both.

 

     (f) "Treatment" means care or any therapeutic service,

 

including, but not limited to, the administration of a drug, and

 

any other service for the treatment of a mental illness.

 

     Sec. 5o. (1) Subject to subsection (5), an individual licensed

 

under this act to carry a concealed pistol, or who is exempt from

 

licensure under section 12a(h), shall not carry a concealed pistol

 

on the premises of any of the following:

 

     (a) A school or school property except that a parent or legal

 

guardian of a student of the school is not precluded from carrying

 

a concealed pistol while in a vehicle on school property, if he or

 

she is dropping the student off at the school or picking up the

 

student from the school. As used in this section, "school" and

 

"school property" mean those terms as defined in section 237a of

 

the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.237a.

 

     (b) A public or private child care center or day care center,

 

public or private child caring institution, or public or private


child placing agency.

 

     (c) A sports arena or stadium.

 

     (d) A bar or tavern licensed under the Michigan liquor control

 

code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303, where the

 

primary source of income of the business is the sale of alcoholic

 

liquor by the glass and consumed on the premises. This subdivision

 

does not apply to an owner or employee of the business. The

 

Michigan liquor control commission shall develop and make available

 

to holders of licenses under the Michigan liquor control code of

 

1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303, an appropriate sign

 

stating that "This establishment prohibits patrons from carrying

 

concealed weapons". The owner or operator of an establishment

 

licensed under the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA

 

58, MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303, may post the sign developed under

 

this subdivision.

 

     (e) Any property or facility owned or operated by a church,

 

synagogue, mosque, temple, or other place of worship, unless the

 

presiding official or officials of the church, synagogue, mosque,

 

temple, or other place of worship permit the carrying of concealed

 

pistol on that property or facility.

 

     (f) An entertainment facility with a seating capacity of 2,500

 

or more individuals that the individual knows or should know has a

 

seating capacity of 2,500 or more individuals or that has a sign

 

above each public entrance stating in letters not less than 1-inch

 

high a seating capacity of 2,500 or more individuals.

 

     (g) A hospital.

 

     (h) A dormitory or classroom of a community college, college,


or university.

 

     (2) Subject to subsection (5), an individual shall not carry a

 

portable device that uses electro-muscular disruption technology on

 

any of the premises described in subsection (1).

 

     (3) An individual licensed under this act to carry a concealed

 

pistol, or who is exempt from licensure under section 12a(h), shall

 

not carry a concealed pistol in violation of R 432.1212 of the

 

Michigan Administrative Code promulgated under the Michigan gaming

 

control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.201 to 432.226.

 

     (4) As used in subsection (1), "premises" does not include

 

parking areas of the places identified under subsection (1).

 

     (5) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any of the

 

following:

 

     (a) An individual licensed under this act who is a retired

 

police officer, retired law enforcement officer, or retired federal

 

law enforcement officer.

 

     (b) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is

 

employed or contracted by an entity described under subsection (1)

 

to provide security services and is required by his or her employer

 

or the terms of a contract to carry a concealed firearm on the

 

premises of the employing or contracting entity.

 

     (c) An individual who is licensed as a private investigator or

 

private detective under the professional investigator licensure

 

act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851.

 

     (d) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is a

 

corrections officer of a county sheriff's department or who is

 

licensed under this act and is a retired corrections officer of a


county sheriff's department, if that individual has received county

 

sheriff approved weapons training.

 

     (e) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is a

 

motor carrier officer or capitol security officer of the department

 

of state police.

 

     (f) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is a

 

member of a sheriff's posse.

 

     (g) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is an

 

auxiliary officer or reserve officer of a police or sheriff's

 

department.

 

     (h) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is

 

any of the following:

 

     (i) A parole, probation, or corrections officer, or absconder

 

recovery unit member, of the department of corrections, if that

 

individual has obtained a Michigan department of corrections

 

weapons permit.

 

     (ii) A retired parole, probation, or corrections officer, or

 

retired absconder recovery unit member, of the department of

 

corrections, if that individual has obtained a Michigan department

 

of corrections weapons permit.

 

     (i) A state court judge or state court retired judge who is

 

licensed under this act.

 

     (j) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is a

 

court officer.

 

     (k) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is a

 

peace officer.

 

     (l) An individual who is licensed under this act and who is a


qualified concealed pistol instructor.

 

     (6) An individual who violates this section is responsible for

 

a state civil infraction or guilty of a crime as follows:

 

     (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the

 

individual is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be

 

fined not more than $500.00. The court shall order the individual's

 

license to carry a concealed pistol suspended for 6 months.

 

     (b) For a second violation, the individual is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00. The

 

court shall order the individual's license to carry a concealed

 

pistol revoked.

 

     (c) For a third or subsequent violation, the individual is

 

guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4

 

years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both. The court

 

shall order the individual's license to carry a concealed pistol

 

revoked.