HOUSE BILL No. 4772

 

 

June 20, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Hoitenga, Steven Johnson and Lower and referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 43510 (MCL 324.43510), as amended by 2013 PA

 

108.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 43510. (1) Subject to subsection (2), except as provided

 

in section 43513, and except for an individual hunting on a game

 

bird hunting preserve licensed under part 417, an individual shall

 

not carry or transport a firearm, slingshot, bow and arrow,

 

crossbow, or a trap while in any area frequented by wild animals

 

unless that individual has in his or her possession a license as

 

required under this part.

 

     (2) This act or a rule promulgated or order issued by the

 

department or the commission under this act shall does not be

 

construed to prohibit an individual from transporting a pistol or


carrying a loaded pistol, whether concealed or not. , if either of

 

the following applies:

 

     (a) The individual has in his or her possession a license to

 

carry a concealed pistol under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to 28.435.

 

     (b) The individual is authorized under the circumstances to

 

carry a concealed pistol without obtaining a license to carry a

 

concealed pistol under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to 28.435, as

 

provided for under any of the following:

 

     (i) Section 12a of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.432a.

 

     (ii) Section 227, 227a, 231, or 231a of the Michigan penal

 

code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.227, 750.227a, 750.231, and 750.231a.

 

     (3) Subsection (2) does not authorize an individual to take or

 

attempt to take a wild animal except as provided by law.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4770 (request no.

 

00320'19 *) of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.