HOUSE BILL No. 5726

June 7, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Hoadley, Liberati, Wittenberg, Geiss, Chang, Garrett, Banks, Plawecki, Guerra, Zemke, Singh, Gay-Dagnogo, Irwin, Hovey-Wright, Townsend, Heise, Howell, Inman, Crawford, Price, Lucido, Moss, Sarah Roberts and Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 224 (MCL 750.224), as amended by 2006 PA 401.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 224. (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for

 

sale, or possess any of the following:

 

     (a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to

 

shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a

 

single function of the trigger.

 

     (b) A muffler or silencer.

 

     (c) A bomb or bombshell.

 

     (d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand

 

club, sand bag, or bludgeon.

 

     (e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance

 

designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by


the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance.

 

     (f) An unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a weapon that is

 

designed to be used, shot, fired, or discharged remotely. As used

 

in this subdivision, "weapon" includes any of the following:

 

     (i) A firearm as that term is defined in section 1 of 1927 PA

 

372, MCL 28.421.

 

     (ii) A crossbow, bow, or rubber band device designed to propel

 

a bolt, dart, or arrow.

 

     (iii) Any of the weapons listed in this subsection.

 

     (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony

 

, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years , or a fine

 

of not more than $2,500.00, or both.

 

     (3) This section does not prohibit a person from being charged

 

with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law

 

arising out of the same transaction as the violation of this

 

section.

 

     (4) (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

 

     (a) A self-defense spray or foam device as defined in section

 

224d.

 

     (b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions

 

of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government

 

of the United States.

 

     (c) A person licensed by the secretary of the treasury of the

 

United States or the secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or

 

possess a machine gun, or a device, weapon, cartridge, container,

 

or contrivance described in subsection (1).

 

     (5) (4) As used in this chapter: , "muffler"


     (a) "Muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following:

 

     (i) (a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the

 

report of a firearm.

 

     (ii) (b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and

 

intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or

 

silencer.

 

     (iii) (c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only

 

for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.

 

     (b) "Unmanned aerial vehicle" means an aircraft that is

 

operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from

 

within or on the aircraft.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.