Bill Text: MI SB0762 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Weapons; firearms; definition of pistol; modify. Amends sec. 2951 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2951). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0760'11, SB 0761'11

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Assigned Pa 0244'12 With Immediate Effect [SB0762 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0762-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 244

Public Acts of 2012

Approved by the Governor

June 25, 2012

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 2, 2012

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2013

STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Senators Robertson, Jones, Kowall, Green, Marleau, Emmons, Pappageorge and Meekhof

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 762

AN ACT to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the organization and jurisdiction of the courts of this state; the powers and duties of the courts, and of the judges and other officers of the courts; the forms and attributes of civil claims and actions; the time within which civil actions and proceedings may be brought in the courts; pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in civil and criminal actions and proceedings in the courts; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to provide remedies and penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 2951 (MCL 600.2951), as added by 1982 PA 186.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2951. (1) As used in this section:

(a) “Approved signaling device” means a pistol that is a signaling device approved by the United States coast guard under regulations issued under 46 USC 3306 or under 46 USC 4302, or predecessor statutes, and including, but not limited to, 46 CFR parts 160 and 161.

(b) “Pistol” means a firearm, loaded or unloaded, 26 inches or less in length, or any firearm, loaded or unloaded, that by its construction and appearance conceals it as a firearm.

(2) A person who uses an approved signaling device shall be strictly liable for any damages caused to person or property by that use unless the person reasonably believes that its use is necessary for the safety of himself or herself or of another person on the waters of this state or in an aircraft.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January 1, 2013.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 760.

(b) Senate Bill No. 761.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor