SENATE DOCKET, NO. 217        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 920

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 firearm identification cards and licenses to carry firearms..

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.  Chapter 140: Section 129B is hereby amended by adding after Clause 9, the following new clause:-

Clause 9½. Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 9, if the cardholder is on active duty with the armed forces of the United States, the card shall remain valid until the cardholder is released from active duty and for a period of not less than 90 days following said release.

SECTION 2.  Chapter 140: Section 131 is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph of subsection (i), the following new paragraph:-

If the licensee is on active duty with the armed forces of the United States, the license shall remain valid until the licensee is released from active duty and for a period of not less than 90 days following said release.