HOUSE BILL No. 4978

 

June 21, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Hildenbrand, Taub, Vander Veen, Adamini, Brown, Stahl, Hansen, Wenke, Marleau, Baxter, Gosselin, Sheltrown, Caswell, Hune, Jones, Nitz, Rocca, Ball, Elsenheimer, Acciavatti, Robertson, Hoogendyk, Mortimer, Lemmons, Jr., Sheen, Pavlov, Pearce, Proos, Schuitmaker and Lemmons, III and referred to the Committee on Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Recreation.

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled

 

"An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing,

possessing, 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

authorization; 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

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,"

 

(MCL 28.421 to 28.435) by adding section 6.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6. A license shall not be issued to an applicant under

 

section 2 or 5b unless both of the following apply:

 

     (a) The issuing agency has determined that the applicant is

 


not prohibited under federal law from possessing or transporting a

 

firearm.

 

     (b) If the applicant is not a United States citizen, the

 

issuing agency has verified through the United States immigration

 

and customs enforcement databases that the applicant is not an

 

illegal alien or a nonimmigrant alien.