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PRINTER'S NO. 52
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
74
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY, YUDICHAK, AUMENT, VOGEL, WHITE AND
SCARNATI, JANUARY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 14, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6109(b) and (i.1)(1) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 6109. Licenses.
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(b) Place of application.--
(1) An individual who is 21 years of age or older may
apply to a sheriff for a license to carry a firearm concealed
on or about his person or in a vehicle within this
Commonwealth.
[If] (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3),
if the applicant is a resident of this Commonwealth, he shall
make application with the sheriff of the county in which he
resides or[, if] the sheriff of a county contiguous to the
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county in which he resides.
(3) If the applicant is a resident of a city of the
first class, he shall make application with the chief of
police of that city, the sheriff of the county in which he
resides or the sheriff of a county contiguous to the county
in which he resides.
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(i.1) Notice to sheriff.--Notwithstanding any statute to the
contrary:
(1) Upon conviction of a person for a crime specified in
section 6105(a) or (b) or upon conviction of a person for a
crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year or upon a
determination that the conduct of a person meets the criteria
specified in section 6105(c)(1), (2), (3), (5), (6) or (9),
the court shall determine if the defendant has a license to
carry firearms issued pursuant to this section. If the
defendant has such a license, the court shall notify the
sheriff of the county [in which that person resides] that
issued the license, on a form developed by the Pennsylvania
State Police, of the identity of the person and the nature of
the crime or conduct which resulted in the notification. The
notification shall be transmitted by the judge within seven
days of the conviction or determination.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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