SENATE BILL No. 1044

 

 

June 6, 2018, Introduced by Senator JONES and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled

 

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

possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices,

and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying,

selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and

electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other

authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and

electro-muscular disruption devices 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 2c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a

 

recognized target range or shooting facility shall not rent, lease,

 

or loan a firearm to an individual unless the target range or

 

shooting facility has verified 1 of the following:

 

     (a) That the individual is not prohibited under federal law

 

from possessing a firearm by performing a background check through

 

the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

 

     (b) That the individual is licensed to carry a concealed

 

pistol under section 5b.

 

     (c) That the individual has a valid license issued under

 

section 2.

 

     (2) A target range or shooting facility may rent, lease, or

 

loan a firearm to an individual without complying with subsection

 

(1) if either of the following apply:

 

     (a) The individual possesses the firearm for the purpose of

 

instruction in the safe use of a firearm during a gun safety or

 

training class, and the individual is under the direct supervision

 

of the instructor of that gun safety or training class.

 

     (b) The individual is under the direct supervision of a range

 

master for the duration that individual is renting, leasing, or

 

borrowing a firearm at the target range or shooting facility.

 

     (3) A recognized target range or shooting facility that

 

violates subsection (1), or whose employee violates subsection (1),

 

is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to

 

pay a civil fine of not more than $500.00.