Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/billtexts/HP127801.asp
Timestamp: 2014-10-02 16:40:09
Document Index: 175698519

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2003', '§1', '§7', '§2003', '§1', '§7', '§2003', '§18']

HP1278, LD 1728, item 1, An Act To Strengthen the Integrity of Nonresident Concealed Handgun Permits
HP1278LD 1728
Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature LR 2558Item 1
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 298, §7, is further amended to read:B. Is not disqualified to possess a firearm pursuant to Title 15, section 393, is not disqualified as a permit holder under that same section and , is not disqualified to possess a firearm based on federal law as a result of a criminal conviction and is not disqualified as a permit holder under subsection 18;
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 2011, c. 298, §7, is further amended to read:D. Submits an application that contains the following:
(4) A record of previous issuances of, refusals to issue and revocations of a permit to carry concealed firearms, handguns or other concealed weapons by any issuing authority in the State or any other jurisdiction. The Except as provided in subsection 18, the record of previous refusals alone does not constitute cause for refusal and the record of previous revocations alone constitutes cause for refusal only as provided in section 2005; and
Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§18 is enacted to read: 18. Nonresident applicant; prohibition. An issuing authority may not issue a nonresident permit to carry concealed handguns to a nonresident applicant who: A. Resides in a state that issues concealed handgun permits to residents and whose laws governing the issuance of concealed handgun permits are substantially equivalent to or less restrictive than the laws of this State; and
B. Applied for and was denied a resident permit to carry a concealed handgun in the applicant’s state of residence. summary This bill prohibits authorities that issue permits to carry concealed handguns from issuing such a permit to an applicant for a Maine nonresident permit who lives in a state that also issues concealed handgun permits and whose laws on such permits are substantially equivalent to or less restrictive than Maine law if the applicant applied for and was denied a concealed handgun permit by the applicant's state of residence.