An Act To Repeal Certain Requirements Concerning the Sale and Purchase of Firearms
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0350
Committee Amendment CA_A_H137 (House)
Amends: 15 MRSA §455

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 256, L.D. 350, Bill, "An Act To 
Repeal Certain Requirements Concerning the Sale and Purchase of Firearms" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summaty and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §455, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. H, §1 
and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read: 
§455. Record of sales of firearms 
1. Forms. A dealer may not: 
A. Sell, let or loan a firemm to a person v,rithout making a copy of the form a dealer 
lfHtst-keep as prescribed by 18 United States Code, Section 923. The copy must be 
made and marlred as "STATE COPY" before the firearm is delivered; or 
B. R-Oft1se to show or refuse to allow inspection of a copy of tho form described-Ht 
paragraph A to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, constable, game ·.vm·don or 
prosecuting attorney. 
A-j3orson who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for ·.vhich a fine of $50 
may be adjudged. 
1-A. Form. A firearms dealer may not refuse to show or refuse to allow inspection 
of the form a dealer must keep as prescribed by 18 United States Code, Section 923 to a 
law enforcement officer as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 17 upon 
presentation of a formal written request for inspection stating that the form relates to an 
active criminal investigation. 
A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of $50 
may be adjudged. 
2. False or fictitious name. A person may not give a false or fictitious name to a 
firearms dealer. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for 
which a fine of $50 may be adjudged. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMIITEE AMENDMENT"/{ ,, to H.P. 256, L.D. 350 
3. Exception. This section does not apply to a firearms wholesaler who sells only to 
other firearms dealers or to a firearms manufacturer who sells only at wholesale.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and amends the provision of law that requires a 
firearms dealer who sells, lets or loans a firearm to make a copy of the form the dealer 
must keep pursuant to federal law and to show that copy to a law enforcement officer or 
prosecuting attorney as follows. 
1. Like the bill, it removes the requirement that a dealer make a state copy of that 
federal form; 
2. It requires a dealer to show to or allow inspection of that federal form by a state 
law enforcement officer or prosecuting attorney upon presentation of a formal written 
request for inspection stating that the form relates to an active criminal investigation; and 
3. 
It retains the exception currently in law regarding the sale of firearms by a 
wholesaler to a dealer or another wholesaler. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/12/17 fe.ac 
LD350 
LR 1258(02) 
An Act To Repeal Certain Requirements Concerning the Sale and Purchase of Firearms 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 1A" ( fl- JJ 7) 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Establishes new civil violations. 
The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
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