PRINTER'S NO. 782
No. 735 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, CURRY, MELIO, JAMES, YOUNGBLOOD, THOMAS,
CORRIGAN, ROBINSON, STURLA, BUXTON, TRICH, TRELLO, RUBLEY,
ROONEY, BEBKO-JONES, JOSEPHS, MICHLOVIC, HARHAI, MANDERINO
AND MYERS, MARCH 8, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for firearm tracing.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
7 § 6127. Firearm tracing.
8 (a) Illegal possession.--Upon recovering a firearm from the
9 possession of anyone under 21 years of age who is not permitted
10 by Federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law
11 enforcement agency shall use the best available information,
12 including a firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and
13 from where the person under 21 years of age gained possession of
14 the firearm.
15 (b) Tracing.--Local law enforcement shall use the National
16 Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
17 Firearms in complying with subsection (a).
1 (c) Notification.--Local law enforcement agencies shall
2 advise the Pennsylvania State Police of all firearms that are
3 recovered in accordance with this section.
4 (d) Registry.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall maintain
5 a registry of all information reported in accordance with this
6 section.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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