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Here are both Bills in their entirety. I guess the question is if the part I bolded in 5038 trumps 5037.
[size=HOUSE BILL No. 5037]
June 3, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Geiss and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 2951 (MCL 600.2951), as added by 1982 PA 186.
[align=center]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:[/align]
Sec. 2951. (1) As used in this section:
(a) "Approved signaling device" means a pistol which that is a
signaling device approved by the United States coast guard pursuant
to under regulations issued under section 4488 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, 46 U.S.C. 481, 46 USC 3306 or under
section 5 of the federal boat safety act of 1971, Public Law 92-75,
46 U.S.C. 1454 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, 30 26 inches
or less in length, or any firearm, loaded or unloaded, which 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. emergency situation.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January
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[size=HOUSE BILL No. 5038] [/align] June 3, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Ebli and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and Natural Resources.
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled
"An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing,
possessing, and carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting
devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain
firearms and gas ejecting devices without a license or other
authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms under
certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to
provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances;
to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local
agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply
for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make
appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the
appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act,"
(MCL 28.421 to 28.435) by adding section 3.
[align=center]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:[/align]
Sec. 3. A person who, before January 1, 2010, lawfully owned,
possessed, carried, or transported a firearm with a barrel length
of 30 inches or less as a pistol pursuant to a license issued under
section 2 or 5b or pursuant to an exemption under section 2 or 5b
may continue to lawfully own, possess, carry, or transport that
firearm as a pistol after January 1, 2010 pursuant to that license
or any renewal of that license or pursuant to that exemption.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January
1, 2010.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4501.
(b) House Bill No. 4502.
