An Act To Promote the Safe Use and Sale of Fireanns
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0415
Committee Amendment CA_B_H475 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §11212, 25 MRSA §2001-A, 25 MRSA §2002, 25 MRSA §2002-A, 25 MRSA §2003, 25 MRSA §2005

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT :B" to H.P. 282, L.D. 415, Bill, "An Act To 
Promote the Safe Use and Sale of Fireanns" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the foIlowing: 
'An Act To Amend Maine Firearms Laws' 
Amend the bilI by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the foIlowing: 
'PART A 
Sec. A-1. 12 MRSA §11212, sub-§1, ~B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 477, §9, is 
further amended to read: 
B. 
A person may not, while in or on a motor vehicle or in or on a trailer or other 
type of vehicle being hauled by a motor vehicle, have a cocked and armed crossbow 
or a firearm with a cartridge or shell in the chamber or in an attached magazine, clip 
or cylinder or a muzzle-loading firearm charged with powder, lead and a primed 
ignition device or mechanism, except that a person who Has a valid Maine pennit to 
carry a concealed weapon is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm may 
have in or on a motor vehicle or trailer or other type of vehicle being hauled by a 
motor vehicle a loaded pistol or revolver covered by tHat pennit. 
Sec. A-2. 25 MRSA §2001-A, sub-§2, ~A-1 is enacted to read: 
A-I. A handgun carried by a person who is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a 
firearm; 
PARTB 
Sec. B-1. 25 MRSA §2002, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2011, c. 366, §5, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
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9. Issuing authority. "Issuing authority" means the Chief of the State Police. 
Sec. B-2. 25 MRSA §2002-A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 524, §4, is repealed. 
Sec. B-3. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§l, ~E, as amended by PL 2011, c. 298, §7, is 
further amended to read: 
E. Does the following: 
(1) At the request of the issuing authority, takes whatever action is required by 
law to allow the issuing authority to obtain from the Department of Health and 
Human Services, limited to records of patient committals to Riverview 
Psychiatric Center and Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, the courts, law 
enforcement agencies and the military infonnation relevant to the following: 
(a) The ascertainment of whether the infonnation supplied on the application 
or any documents made a part of the application is true and correct; 
(b) The ascertainment of whether each of the additional requirements of this 
section has been met; and 
(c) Section 2005; 
(2) If a photograph is an integral part of the pennit to carry concealed handguns 
adopted by aft the issuing authority, submits to being photographed for that 
purpose; 
(3) If it becomes necessary to resolve any questions as to identity, submits to 
having fingerprints taken by the issuing authority; 
(4) Submits an application fee along with the written application to the prepef 
issuing authority pursuant to the following schedule: 
(a) Resident of a municipality or unorganized territory, ~ 
$52.50 for an 
original application and $2-Q $52.50 for a renewal, except that a person who 
paid $60 for a concealed fireanns pennit or renewal during 1991 or 1992 is 
entitled to a credit toward renewal fees in an amount equal to $30 for a 
person who paid $60 for an original application and $45 for a person who 
paid $60 for a pennit renewal. The credit is valid until fully utilized; and 
(b) Nonresident, $6() $120 for an original or renewal application; and 
(5) Demonstrates to the issuing authority a lmowledge of handgun safety. The 
applicant may fully satisfy this requirement by submitting to the issuing 
authority, through documentation in accordance with this subparagraph, proof 
that the applicant has within 5 years prior to the date of applioation completed a 
course that included handgun safety offered by or under the supervision of a 
federal, state, county or municipal law enforcement agency or a fireanns 
instructor certified by a private firearms association recognized as Imowledgeab1e 
in matters of handgun safety by the issuing authority or by the state in which the 
course was taken. 
A course completion certificate or other document, or a 
photocopy, is sufficient if it recites or otherwise demonstrates that the course 
meets all of the requirements of this subparagraph. 
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As an alternative way of fully satisfying this requirement, an applicant may 
personally demonstrate knowledge of handgun safety to AA the issuing authority, 
if the issuing authority is willing to evaluate an applicant's personal 
demonstration of such knowledge. The issuing authority is not required to offer 
this 2nd option. 
The demonstration of knowledge of handgun safety to the issuing authority may 
not be required of any applicant who holds a valid state pennit to carry a 
concealed fireann as of April 15, 1990 or of any applicant who was or is in any 
of the Armed Forces of the United States and has received at least basic firearms 
training. 
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Sec. B-4. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§§3-A and 8, as amended by PL 2011, c. 298, 
§7, are further amended to read: 
3-A. Model forms. 
The Attorney General shall develop model forms for the 
following: 
A. An application for a resident pennit to carry concealed handguns; 
B. An application for a nonresident penuit to carry concealed handguns; 
C. 
A resident permit to carry concealed handguns of which a photograph is an 
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integral part; 
D. A resident pennlt to carry concealed handguns of which a photograph is not an 
integral part; 
E. A nonresident permit to carry concealed handguns; and 
F. 
Authority to release information to the issuing authority for the purpose of 
evaluating information supplied on the application. 
Bash The issuing authority shall utilize only the model forms. 
8. Term of permit. All concealed handgun permits are valid for -4- lQ years from 
the date of issue, unless sooner revoked for cause by the issuing authority. If a permit 
renewal is issued before the expiration date of the pennit being renewed or within 6 
months of the expiration date of the permit being renewed, the permit renewal is valid for 
4- lO years from the expiration date of the pennit being renewed. 
Sec. B-5. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 865, §4, is 
amended to read: 
13. Fee waiver. An The issuing authority may waive the permit fee for a permit 
issued to a law enforcement officer certified by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. 
Sec. B-6. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§15, as amended by PL 2015, c. 123, §1, is 
repealed. 
Sec. B-7. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§17, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 298, §7, is 
amended to read: 
17. Waiver of law enforcement agency record and background check fees. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a law enforcement agency may not charge AA 
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the issuing authority a fee in association with the law enforcement agency's conducting a 
concealed handgun permit applicant record check or background check for the issuing 
authority. 
Sec. B-S. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§19 is enacted to read: 
19. 
Centralized database. 
The State Police shall establish and maintain a 
centralized database containing information about concealed handgun permit holders and 
applicants for concealed handgun permits. 
A. The centralized database must contain: 
(1) The permit holder's or applicant's name; 
(2) The permit holder's or applicant's address; 
(3) The permit holder's or applicant's date of birth; 
(4) Pennit information; 
(5) Status of the pennit or permit application; and 
(6) Prior action taken on the pennit. 
B. The centralized database may be used only by: 
(1) A law enforcement agency; 
(2) A law enforcement officer; or 
(3) Court order. 
The centralized database may be used only for criminal justice purposes or purposes 
related to concealed handgun permits. 
C. Information about a concealed handgun permit holder or applicant maintained in 
the centralized database must be purged from the centralized database within 5 years 
after the permit expires or within 5 years after the period for an appeal of a denial or a 
revocation has run. 
Sec. B-9. 25 MRSA §2005,sub-§2, as amended by PL 2011, c. 298, §9, is 
further amended to read: 
2. 
Change of residence. 
Except as provided in paragraph A, change of legal 
residence from one municipality to another during the term of the permit renders the 
pennit invalid starting 30 days after the change is made. An invalid pennit is not 
considered revoked for the purposes of subsection 3. 
A. 
If the permit holder changes the permit holder's legal residence from one 
municipality to another during the tenn of the permit, the permit remains valid if the 
permit holder provides the permit holder's new address to the issuing authority e.:f--the 
permit holder's new residence within 30 days of making that change. The issuing 
authority of the nevI residence shall immediately reissue the permit with the corrected 
address for a fee of not more than $2. 
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B. 
If the issuing authority of the permit holder's nevI residence so requests, the 
previous issuing authority shall provide a photocopy of the permit holder's 
applioation, doouments made a part of the applioation and any information of record 
collected by that previous issuing authority. 
Sec. B-IO. Application. This Act does not apply to a valid concealed handgun 
. permit issued before the effective date of this Act. 
An application for a concealed 
handgun permit or the renewal of a valid concealed handgun permit received by the Chief 
of the State Police on or after the effective date of this Act is subject to the provisions of 
this Act. 
Sec. B-l1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Licensing and Enforcement - Public Safety 0712 
Initiative: Eliminates 2 Office Associate II positions, one State Police Detective position 
and related costs as a result of allowing certain people to carry a concealed handgun 
without a permit. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
AI1 Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Licensing and Enforcement - Public Safety 0712 
2015-16 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2016-17 
(3.000) 
($129,780) 
($8,968) 
($138,748) 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to create and maintain a centralized database of 
concealed handgun permit holders and applicants. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2015-16 
$0 
$0 
2015-16 
$0 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2016-17 
$260,000 
$260,000 
2016-17 
$260,000 
($138,748) 
$121,252 
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Sec. B-12. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1,2017.' 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and it replaces the bill. The 
amendment does the following. 
1. It authorizes a person who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm to carry a 
concealed handgun without a pennit. 
2. It authorizes a person to possess a loaded pistol or revolver while in a motor 
vehicle or a trailer or other type of vehicle being hauled by a motor vehicle. 
3. It makes the Chief of the State Police the sole issuing authority for pennits to 
carry concealed handguns. 
4. It extends the term of a penni t to carry a concealed handgun from 4 to 10 years. 
5. It removes the requirement that an applicant for a handgun permit have taken a 
handgun safety course within 5 years of the date of application. 
6. It increases the application and renewal fees for a concealed handgun pennit from 
$35 to $52.50 and from $20 to $52.50, respectively, for a resident. For a nonresident, the 
fee is increased from $60 to $120 for either an application or a renewal. 
7. 
It requires the State Police to establish a centralized database containing 
information about concealed handgun permit holders and applicants for concealed 
handgun pennits. It provides that the centralized database may be used only by law 
enforcement agencies or law enforcement officers or by court order and that information 
about a pennit holder or an applicant must be purged from the centralized database within 
years after the pennit expires or the appeal of a denial or a revocation has run. 
8. It provides that a valid concealed handgun pemlit issued before January 1, 2017 is 
not subject to the provisions of this legislation, which apply to an application for a new 
concealed handgun permit or a renewal of valid concealed handgun permit received by 
the Chief of the State Police on or after January 1,2017. 
9. It adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
10. It adds an effective date ofJanuary 1,2017. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 06/17/15 
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LD415 
LR 1657(03) 
An Act To Promote the Safe Use and Sale of Firearms 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ~. (H -475 ) 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations! Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Eliminates Class D and Class E crimes. 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2015-16 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2016-17 
$315,825· 
$260,000 
($138,748) 
($55,825) 
($45,000) 
A reduction in fines will decrease General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$111,650 
$0 
($285,309) 
($111,650) 
($90,000) 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$111,650 
$0 
($293,302) 
($111,650) 
($90,000) 
This legislation proposes to remove the requirement for a concealed handgun permit except in the cases of reciprocity. 
It increases the concealed handgun permit fees and establishes the Chief of the State Police as the only issuing 
authority. This would result in a loss of General Fund revenue of $5 5,825 in fiscal year 2016-17 and a loss of Other 
Special Revenue Funds revenue to the Department of Public Safety of$45,000 in fiscal year 2016-17. The bill 
includes a General Fund appropriation of $260,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 to create and maintain a centralized 
database of concealed handgun permit holders and applicants. 
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