PRINTER'S NO. 1124

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No. 866 Session of 2005

        INTRODUCED BY STACK, MUSTO, TARTAGLIONE, LOGAN, COSTA, EARLL,
           PICCOLA, STOUT, RAFFERTY, LAVALLE, FONTANA, ORIE, WONDERLING,
           PIPPY, WOZNIAK, BOSCOLA, KASUNIC, WAUGH, O'PAKE AND RHOADES,
           SEPTEMBER 21, 2005

        REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2005

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
     3     firearms not to be carried without a license and for license
     4     to carry firearm.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 6106(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     8  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     9  § 6106.  Firearms not to be carried without a license.
    10     * * *
    11     (b)  Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not
    12  apply to:
    13         * * *
    14         (14)  Any person holding a license in accordance with
    15     section 6109(f)(3).
    16     * * *
    17     Section 2.  Section 6109(f)(1) of Title 18 is amended and the
    18  subsection is amended by adding paragraphs to read:

     1  § 6109.  Licenses.
     2     * * *
     3     (f)  Term of license.--
     4         (1)  A license to carry a firearm issued under subsection
     5     (e) shall be valid throughout this Commonwealth for a period
     6     of five years unless extended under paragraph (3) or sooner
     7     revoked.
     8         * * *
     9         (3)  Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision
    10     of law to the contrary, a license to carry a firearm that is
    11     held by a member of the United States Armed Forces or the
    12     Pennsylvania National Guard on Federal active duty and
    13     deployed overseas that is scheduled to expire during the
    14     period of deployment shall be extended until 90 days after
    15     the end of the deployment.
    16         (4)  Possession of a license, together with a copy of the
    17     person's military orders showing the dates of overseas
    18     deployment, including the date that the overseas deployment
    19     ends, shall constitute, during the extension period specified
    20     in paragraph (3), a defense to any charge filed pursuant to
    21     section 6106 (relating to firearms not to be carried without
    22     a license) or 6108 (relating to carrying firearms on public
    23     streets or public property in Philadelphia).
    24     * * *
    25     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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