HOUSE BILL No. 6140


     May 28, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Drolet, Gosselin, Palmer, Hummel and Vear and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and
the Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled

   "An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possess-
   ing, 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 authoriza-
   tion; 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 agen-
   cies; 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 appropri-
   ations; 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:

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

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        this state shall not prohibit an individual from doing either of

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        the following as a condition for receiving or maintaining any

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        other license or permit authorized by law:




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

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        pistol under this act.

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

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        issued under this act.

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             (2) Except as provided in  subsection  SUBSECTIONS (3) AND

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

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        of the following:

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

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        pistol under this act.

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

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        issued under this act.  This subdivision does not prohibit an

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        employer from prohibiting an employee from carrying a concealed

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        pistol in the course of his or her employment with that

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        employer.

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

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        agency from carrying a concealed pistol if carrying a concealed

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        pistol would result in increased insurance premiums or a loss or

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        reduction of insurance coverage for that employer.

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             (4) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (2)(B), AND SUBJECT TO SUB-

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        SECTION (3), AN EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION

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        OF THIS STATE WHO, IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT, IS

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        REQUIRED TO PERFORM INSPECTIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY MAY CARRY A

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        CONCEALED PISTOL WHILE ON THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY IF HE OR SHE IS

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        LICENSED UNDER THIS ACT.









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