SENATE DOCKET, NO. 64 FILED ON: 1/10/2017
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1338
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael O. Moore
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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: |
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Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester |
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Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 1/26/2017 |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden | 1/26/2017 |
Josh S. Cutler | 6th Plymouth | 1/26/2017 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 1/26/2017 |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex | 1/26/2017 |
Shawn Dooley | 9th Norfolk | 1/27/2017 |
Susan Williams Gifford | 2nd Plymouth | 1/31/2017 |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex | 1/31/2017 |
Hannah Kane | 11th Worcester | 1/31/2017 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 2/1/2017 |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Kevin J. Kuros | 8th Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. | 5th Worcester | 2/3/2017 |
John C. Velis | 4th Hampden | 2/3/2017 |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 64 FILED ON: 1/10/2017
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1338
By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1338) of Michael O. Moore, Steven S. Howitt, Todd M. Smola, Josh S. Cutler and other members of the General Court relative to firearm license fees. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1198 OF 2015-2016.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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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 2014 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 2014 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.