Bill Text: MI SB0844 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Weapons; other; certain agents of the state department of human services office of inspector general; exempt from certain weapons prohibitions. Amends sec. 231 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.231). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0843'14

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-11-13 - Referred To Committee On Criminal Justice [SB0844 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0844-Engrossed.html

SB-0844, As Passed Senate, November 13, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 844

 

 

March 4, 2014, Introduced by Senators JONES, BOOHER, ROBERTSON and PROOS and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 231 (MCL 750.231), as amended by 2006 PA 401.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 231. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), sections

 

224, 224a, 224b, 224d, 226a, 227, 227c, and 227d do not apply to

 

any of the following:

 

     (a) A peace officer of an authorized police agency of the

 

United States, of this state, or of a political subdivision of this

 

state, who is regularly employed and paid by the United States,

 

this state, or a political subdivision of this state.

 

     (b) A person who is regularly employed by the state department

 

of corrections and who is authorized in writing by the director of


 

the department of corrections to carry a concealed weapon while in

 

the official performance of his or her duties or while going to or

 

returning from those duties.

 

     (c) An agent of the department of human services office of

 

inspector general appointed under section 43b(2) of the social

 

welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.43b.

 

     (d) (c) A person employed by a private vendor that operates a

 

youth correctional facility authorized under section 20g of the

 

corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g, who meets the

 

same criteria established by the director of the state department

 

of corrections for departmental employees described in subdivision

 

(b) and who is authorized in writing by the director of the

 

department of corrections to carry a concealed weapon while in the

 

official performance of his or her duties or while going to or

 

returning from those duties.

 

     (e) (d) A member of the United States army, air force, navy,

 

or marine corps or the United States coast guard while carrying

 

weapons in the line of or incidental to duty.

 

     (f) (e) An organization authorized by law to purchase or

 

receive weapons from the United States or from this state.

 

     (g) (f) A member of the national guard, armed forces reserve,

 

the United States coast guard reserve, or any other authorized

 

military organization while on duty or drill, or in going to or

 

returning from a place of assembly or practice, while carrying

 

weapons used for a purpose of the national guard, armed forces

 

reserve, United States coast guard reserve, or other duly

 

authorized military organization.


 

     (h) (g) A security employee employed by the state and granted

 

limited arrest powers under section 6c of 1935 PA 59, MCL 28.6c.

 

     (i) (h) A motor carrier officer appointed under section 6d of

 

1935 PA 59, MCL 28.6d.

 

     (2) As applied to section 224a(1) only, subsection (1) is not

 

applicable to an individual included under subsection (1)(a), (b),

 

or (c) (d) unless he or she has been trained on the use, effects,

 

and risks of using a portable device or weapon described in section

 

224a(1).

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 843                                      

 

          of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.

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