PRINTER'S NO. 258

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No. 221 Session of 2007

        INTRODUCED BY STACK, STOUT, LAVALLE, FONTANA, KASUNIC, BOSCOLA,
           WASHINGTON, MUSTO, COSTA, RAFFERTY, ORIE, ROBBINS, GORDNER,
           GREENLEAF, ERICKSON, LOGAN, TARTAGLIONE, O'PAKE, RHOADES,
           KITCHEN, VANCE, WAUGH, BRUBAKER, REGOLA, FUMO AND WONDERLING,
           MARCH 7, 2007

        REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 7, 2007

                                     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         (16)  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

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



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