THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, BAKER, BOBACK, BOYD, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, D. COSTA, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, GERGELY, GODSHALL, GROVE, HARHART, M. KELLER, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, OBERLANDER, PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROCK, SEIP, SIPTROTH, STEVENSON, TRUE AND ELLIS, JULY 1, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 1, 2010  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in firearms, further providing for

licensing.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 6109(h)(2)(ii) and (iv) of Title 18 of

the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 6109.  Licenses.

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(h)  Fee.--

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(ii)  An additional [temporary] fee of $5 shall be

remitted by the sheriff to the Firearms License to Carry

Modernization Account, which is hereby established as a

special restricted receipt account within the General

Fund of the State Treasury. Moneys and investment income

in the account shall be awarded as grants to sheriffs to

implement the system, including grants to reimburse

sheriffs for expenses incurred prior to the effective

date of this paragraph.

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[(iv)  This paragraph shall expire five years after

its effective date. Any surplus funds remaining in the

account established in subparagraph (ii) at such time

shall lapse into the General Fund.]

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.