SENATE BILL No. 1315

June 20, 2000, Introduced by Senator JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on 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; to provide for the

forfeiture of firearms possessed in violation of this act; to

provide immunity from civil liability under certain circum-

stances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and

local agencies; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts incon-

sistent with the provisions of this act,"

(MCL 28.421 to 28.434) by adding section 15.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 SEC. 15. (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2), A LOCAL

2 UNIT OF GOVERNMENT, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR A UNIVERSITY, OR THE

3 STATE SHALL NOT SELL OR OTHERWISE CONVEY A FIREARM TO ANY OTHER

4 PERSON.

5 (2) A FIREARM, OWNED BY OR UNDER THE CONTROL OF AN ENTITY IN

6 SUBSECTION (1), THAT IS NO LONGER USABLE AND THAT IS CONSIDERED

7 DISPOSABLE BY THAT ENTITY SHALL BE TURNED OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT

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1 OF STATE POLICE FOR DISPOSITION IN THE SAME MANNER AS AUTHORIZED

2 UNDER SECTION 14.

3 (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT"

4 MEANS A COUNTY, TOWNSHIP, CITY, OR VILLAGE OF THIS STATE.

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