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.