HB 1310 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2249

04/10

HOUSE BILL 1310

AN ACT relative to licenses to sell firearms.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bruno, Hills 45

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the effective period for a license to sell pistols or revolvers at retail from 3 years to not less than 10 years.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2249

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to licenses to sell firearms.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Pistols and Revolvers; License to Sell. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 159:8 to read as follows:

The selectmen of a town and the chief of police of a city [may] shall grant licenses, the form of which shall be prescribed by the director of the division of state police, effective for not [more] less than [3] 10 years from date of issue, permitting the licensee to sell at retail pistols and revolvers subject to the following conditions, for breach of any of which the licensee shall be subject to forfeiture:

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.