SENATE BILL No. 525

 

 

June 28, 2011, Introduced by Senators HANSEN, ROBERTSON, PAVLOV, MEEKHOF, EMMONS, BOOHER, PROOS, JONES, CASWELL and GREEN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     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,"

 

by amending section 5l (MCL 28.425l), as amended by 2008 PA 406.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5l. (1) A license to carry a concealed pistol issued on or

 

after July 1, 2003 but before July 1, 2006 is valid for 5 years.

 

     (2) A An initial license to carry a concealed pistol issued or

 

renewed on or after July 1, 2006, other than a license described in

 


subsection (1), is valid until the applicant's date of birth that

 

falls not less than 4 years or more than 5 years after the license

 

is issued or renewed, as applicable. Except as provided in

 

subsections (7) (8) and (8), (9), a renewal of a license under

 

section 5b shall, except as provided in this section, be issued in

 

the same manner as an original license issued under section 5b.

 

     (3) Subject to subsections (8) and (9), an application to

 

renew a license to carry a concealed pistol may be submitted not

 

more than 6 months before the expiration of the current license. If

 

the concealed weapon licensing board approves the renewal, the

 

effective date of the renewal license is the date of expiration of

 

the current license or the date of approval of the renewal,

 

whichever is later, and the date of expiration is the applicant's

 

date of birth which is not less than 4 years or more than 5 years

 

from the date of issuance.

 

     (4) (3) The concealed weapon licensing board shall issue or

 

deny issuance of a renewal license within 60 days after the

 

application for renewal is properly submitted. The county clerk

 

shall issue the applicant a receipt for his or her renewal

 

application at the time the application is submitted. The receipt

 

shall contain all of the following:

 

     (a) The name of the applicant.

 

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

 

     (c) The amount paid.

 

     (d) A statement that the receipt is for a license renewal.

 

     (e) A statement of whether the applicant qualifies for an

 

extension under subsection (4).(5).

 


     (f) The name of the county in which the receipt is issued.

 

     (g) An impression of the county seal.

 

     (5) (4) If the concealed weapon licensing board fails to deny

 

or issue a renewal license to the person within 60 days as required

 

under subsection (3), (4), the expiration date of the current

 

license is extended by 180 days or until the renewal license is

 

issued, whichever occurs first. This subsection does not apply

 

unless the person pays the renewal fee at the time the renewal

 

application is submitted and the person has submitted a receipt

 

from a police agency that confirms that a background check has been

 

requested by the applicant.

 

     (6) (5) A person carrying a concealed pistol after the

 

expiration date of his or her license pursuant to an extension

 

under subsection (4) (5) shall keep the receipt issued by the

 

county clerk under subsection (3) (4) and his or her expired

 

license in his or her possession at all times that he or she is

 

carrying the pistol. For the purposes of this act, the receipt is

 

considered to be part of the license to carry a concealed pistol

 

until a renewal license is issued or denied. Failing to have the

 

receipt and expired license in possession while carrying a

 

concealed pistol or failing to display the receipt to a peace

 

officer upon request is a violation of this act.

 

     (7) (6) The educational requirements under section 5b(7)(c)

 

are waived for an applicant who is a retired police officer or

 

retired law enforcement officer.

 

     (8) (7) The educational requirements under section 5b(7)(c)

 

for an applicant who is applying for a renewal of a license under

 


this act are waived except that the applicant shall certify that he

 

or she has completed at least 3 hours' review of the training

 

described under section 5b(7)(c) and has had at least 1 hour of

 

firing range time in the 6 months immediately preceding the

 

subsequent application.

 

     (9) (8) Beginning January 1, 2007, an applicant who is

 

applying for a renewal of a license issued under section 5b is not

 

required to have fingerprints taken again under section 5b(9) if

 

all of the following conditions have been met:

 

     (a) There has been established a system for the department of

 

state police to save and maintain in its automated fingerprint

 

identification system (AFIS) database all fingerprints that are

 

submitted to the department of state police under section 5b.

 

     (b) The applicant's fingerprints have been submitted to and

 

maintained by the department of state police as described in

 

subdivision (a) for ongoing comparison with the automated

 

fingerprint identification system (AFIS) database.