HB-4160, As Passed House, February 25, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4160

 

February 5, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Johnson, Hughes, Cox, Chatfield, Hooker, Goike, Yonker, Glardon, Outman, Bizon, Runestad, Canfield, Kelly, Webber, Glenn, Maturen, Kivela, Cole, Franz and Derek Miller and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 234e (MCL 750.234e), as added by 1990 PA 321.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 234e. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person

 

shall not willfully and knowingly brandish a firearm in public.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any either of the

 

following:

 

     (a) A peace officer lawfully performing his or her duties as a

 

peace officer.

 

     (b) A person lawfully engaged in hunting.

 

     (c) A person lawfully engaged in target practice.

 

     (d) A person lawfully engaged in the sale, purchase, repair,

 

or transfer of that firearm.

 

     (b) A person lawfully acting in self-defense or defense of

 

another under the self-defense act, 2006 PA 309, MCL 780.971 to

 

780.974.

 

     (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days,

 

or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4161 (request no.

 

01270'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.