PRINTER'S NO. 1180
No. 1058 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, READSHAW, CAWLEY AND ITKIN,
MARCH 25, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 25, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for licenses.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 6109(e)(3) and (h) of Title 18 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
7 § 6109. Licenses.
8 * * *
9 (e) Issuance of license.--
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11 (3) The license shall bear the name, address, date of
12 birth, race, sex, citizenship, Social Security number,
13 height, weight, color of hair, color of eyes and signature of
14 the licensee; the signature of the sheriff issuing the
15 license; the reason for issuance; and the period of
16 validation. The sheriff [may] shall also require a photograph
17 of the licensee on the license. The photograph requirement
1 shall be waived if the licensee's religious beliefs forbid or
2 discourage the taking of photographs of the licensee. The
3 original license shall be issued to the applicant. The first
4 copy of the license shall be forwarded to the commissioner
5 within seven days of the date of issue, and a second copy
6 shall be retained by the issuing authority for a period of
7 six years.
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9 (h) Fee.--The fee for a license to carry a firearm is $19.
10 This includes a renewal notice processing fee of $1.50. This
11 includes an administrative fee of $5 under section 14(2) of the
12 act of July 6, 1984 (P.L.614, No.127), known as the Sheriff Fee
13 Act. The sheriff may charge an applicant an additional fee not
14 to exceed actual costs, or $5, whichever is less, to cover the
15 costs of complying with the photograph requirement under
16 subsection (e)(3). No fee other than that provided by this
17 paragraph or the Sheriff Fee Act may be assessed by the sheriff
18 for the performance of any background check made pursuant to
19 this act. The fee is payable to the sheriff to whom the
20 application is submitted and is payable at the time of
21 application for the license. Except for the administrative fee
22 of $5 under section 14(2) of the Sheriff Fee Act, all other fees
23 shall be refunded if the application is denied but shall not be
24 refunded if a license is issued and subsequently revoked. A
25 person who sells or attempts to sell a license to carry a
26 firearm for a fee in excess of the amounts fixed under this
27 subsection commits a summary offense.
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29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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