HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1541        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2233

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act further regulating the issuance of firearms identification..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 129C of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after clause (u), the following new clause:-

(v) Any person between the ages of twelve and seventeen, inclusive, with respect to the use of a shotgun while participating in any special youth hunt authorized by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, provided that such person is under the immediate supervision of a person holding a valid firearm identification card or a license to carry firearms.