HB 5749

HOUSE BILL NO. 5749
A bill to amend 1990 PA 319, entitled
"An act to prohibit local units of government from
imposing certain restrictions on the ownership, registration, purchase, sale,
transfer, transportation, or possession of pistols, other firearms, or
pneumatic guns, ammunition for pistols or other firearms, or components of
pistols or other firearms,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 123.1103), as amended by
2015 PA 29.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 3. (1) This
act does not prohibit a local unit of government from doing any of the
following:
(a) Prohibiting or
regulating conduct with a pistol, other firearm, or pneumatic gun that is a
criminal offense under state law.
(b) Prohibiting or
regulating the transportation, carrying, or possession of pistols, other
firearms, or pneumatic guns by employees of that local unit of government in
the course of their employment with that
local unit of government.
(c) Regulating the
possession of pneumatic guns within in the local unit of government by requiring that an
individual below the age of 16 who is less than 16 years of age who is in possession
of a pneumatic gun be under the supervision of a parent, a guardian, or an
individual 18 years of age or older, except that an ordinance shall not
regulate possession of a pneumatic gun on or within
in private property if the individual below the age of 16 who
is less than 16 years of age is authorized by a parent or guardian and
the property owner or legal possessor to possess the pneumatic gun.
(d) Prohibiting an
individual from pointing, waving about, or displaying a pneumatic gun in a
threatening manner with the intent to induce fear in another individual.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), prohibiting the open
carry of firearms inside a government building owned or leased by the local
unit of government.
(2) A local unit of government shall not prohibit the open carry of
firearms by a law enforcement officer.