HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2695        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3268

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

George N. Peterson, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to equitable firearm license fees.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

1/18/2013

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/30/2013

Matthew A. Beaton

11th Worcester

1/31/2013

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

1/30/2013

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

1/31/2013

Christine E. Canavan

10th Plymouth

1/29/2013

Stephen L. DiNatale

3rd Worcester

1/30/2013

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

2/1/2013

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/31/2013

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

1/26/2013

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

1/25/2013

Michael R. Knapik

Second Hampden and Hampshire

1/31/2013

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

2/1/2013

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

1/21/2013

James J. Lyons, Jr.

18th Essex

2/1/2013

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

2/1/2013

Richard T. Moore

Worcester and Norfolk

1/30/2013

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

2/1/2013

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/23/2013

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/24/2013

Michael J. Rodrigues

First Bristol and Plymouth

1/24/2013

Dennis A. Rosa

4th Worcester

1/24/2013

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

1/30/2013

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2013

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

2/1/2013

Daniel B. Winslow

9th Norfolk

2/1/2013

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

2/1/2013

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

 

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

1/18/2013


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2695        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3268

By Mr. Peterson of Grafton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3268) of George N. Peterson, Jr. and others relative to firearm license fees.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act relative to equitable firearm license fees.

 

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 129B of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, shall be amended by striking paragraph (9A) in lines 187 to 197 and replacing it with the following:-

(9A) Except as provided in clause (9B) or (9C), the fee for an application for a firearm identification card shall be $40, which shall be payable to the licensing authority and shall not be prorated or refunded in the case of revocation or denial. The licensing authority shall retain $20 of the fee; $20 of the fee shall be deposited in the General Fund.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, licensing authorities shall deposit quarterly that portion of the firearm identification card application fee which is to be deposited into the General Fund, not later than January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year.

SECTION 2. Section 131 of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, shall be amended by striking out in paragraph (i) in lines 231 to 254 the words, “The fee for the application shall be $100, which shall be payable to the licensing authority and shall not be prorated or refunded in case of revocation or denial. The licensing authority shall retain $25 of the fee; $50 of the fee shall be deposited into the general fund of the commonwealth and not less than $50,000 of the funds deposited into the General Fund shall be allocated to the Firearm Licensing Review Board, established in section 130B, for its operations and that any funds not expended by said board for its operations shall revert back to the General Fund; and $25 of the fee shall be deposited in the Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund.” and replacing it with the following:-

The fee for the application shall be $40, which shall be payable to the licensing authority and shall not be prorated or refunded in case of revocation or denial. The licensing authority shall retain $20 of the fee; $20 of the fee shall be deposited into the general fund of the commonwealth and not less than $50,000 of the funds deposited into the General Fund shall be allocated to the Firearm Licensing Review Board, established in section 130B, for its operations and that any funds not expended by said board for its operations shall revert back to the General Fund.