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MI HB5361

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/25/2014

Primary Sponsor

Charles Smiley

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Origin

House of Representatives

97th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows individuals with a valid permit to hunt from a standing vehicle to transport and possess an uncased firearm with a loaded magazine on a personal assistive mobility device if the action is open.

  • Permits permit holders to possess a loaded firearm and discharge it to take game from a personal assistive mobility device when the device is stationary, holds required hunting licenses, and complies with all applicable hunting laws and rules.

  • Adds new subsection (5) establishing conditions for firearm use on personal assistive mobility devices, while renumbering existing subsections (5), (6), and (7) to (6), (7), and (8) respectively.

  • Defines "personal assistive mobility device" as any device, including battery-powered devices, designed for individuals with mobility impairment for locomotion and considered an extension of the individual.

  • Maintains existing prohibitions on transporting firearms in vehicles unless unloaded and properly stored, with exceptions for disabled persons on game bird hunting preserves and those using sporting clays ranges.

Legislative Description

Natural resources; hunting; small game hunting from a personal assistive mobility device; allow. Amends secs. 40111 & 81133 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.40111 & 324.81133).

Natural resources, hunting

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Outdoor Recreation And Tourism

5/28/2014

Committee Referrals

Outdoor Recreation And Tourism5/28/2014
Natural Resources2/25/2014

Full Bill Text

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