HOUSE BILL No. 5038

 

June 3, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Ebli and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.

 

     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 3.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. A person who, before January 1, 2010, lawfully owned,

 

possessed, carried, or transported a firearm with a barrel length

 

of 30 inches or less as a pistol pursuant to a license issued under

 

section 2 or 5b or pursuant to an exemption under section 2 or 5b


 

may continue to lawfully own, possess, carry, or transport that

 

firearm as a pistol after January 1, 2010 pursuant to that license

 

or any renewal of that license or pursuant to that exemption.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

 

1, 2010.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) House Bill No. 4501.

 

     (b) House Bill No. 4502.