Bill Text: MI HB4277 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Torts; premises liability; business or commercial property; provide for immunity from liability for firearm injuries. Amends 1846 RS 66 (MCL 554.131 - 554.139) by adding sec. 40.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/28/2017 [HB4277 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4277-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4277

 

 

February 28, 2017, Introduced by Reps. LaFave, Hornberger, Glenn, Rendon, Lucido, Marino, Inman, Bellino and Cole and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1846 RS 66, entitled

 

"Of estates in dower, by the curtesy, and general provisions

concerning real estate,"

 

(MCL 554.131 to 554.139) by adding section 40.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 40. (1) A person that is in possession of land that is

 

held open to the public for business or commercial purposes is not

 

liable for personal injury to an individual who is on or near the

 

land, or damage to the individual's property, caused by another

 

individual's use of a firearm.

 

     (2) This section does not apply if the person in possession of

 

land has posted the land with a sign prohibiting individuals from

 

bringing a firearm onto the land.