HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1626        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2245

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to application for the use of mace..

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. Subsection (10) of section 129B of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is herby amended by adding the following sentence:-

Any person over the age of 60 shall be exempt from the requirement of paying an original fee or renewal fee for a firearm identification card which is used solely for the purchase and possession of chemical mace, pepper spray or other similarly propelled liquid, gas powder designed to temporarily incapacitate.