PRINTER'S NO. 2402
No. 1844 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, CAPPELLI, FAIRCHILD, HALUSKA, BARRAR,
BIRMELIN, CLARK, CLYMER, DeWEESE, EGOLF, FORCIER, GEIST,
HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, LEH, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, PISTELLA,
READSHAW, ROHRER, STABACK, T. STEVENSON, R. STEVENSON,
J. TAYLOR AND WILT, JUNE 27, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 27, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for firearms not to
3 be carried without a license and for firearm licenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6106(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 6106. Firearms not to be carried without a license.
9 * * *
10 (b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not
11 apply to:
12 * * *
13 (14) Any person who possesses a valid and lawfully
14 issued license or permit to carry a firearm which has been
15 issued under the laws of any other state or jurisdiction that
16 provides a reciprocal privilege for individuals licensed to
17 carry firearms under section 6109 (relating to licenses). The
1 exception established under this paragraph is not dependent
2 upon the existence of a reciprocity agreement between the
3 Commonwealth and the other state or jurisdiction pursuant to
4 section 6109(k).
5 * * *
6 Section 2. Section 6109(k) of Title 18 is amended and the
7 section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 6109. Licenses.
9 * * *
10 (k) Reciprocity.--The Attorney General [may] shall enter
11 into reciprocity agreements with other states providing for the
12 mutual recognition of each state's or other jurisdiction's
13 license or permit to carry a firearm. In order to carry out this
14 duty, the Attorney General shall negotiate reciprocity
15 agreements and grant recognition of any state's or other
16 jurisdiction's license or permit to carry a firearm.
17 (l) Inquiries.--
18 (1) The Attorney General shall, no later than 30 days
19 after the effective date of this subsection and not less than
20 once every six months thereafter, make written inquiry of the
21 appropriate authorities in each other state which does not
22 have a current reciprocity agreement with the Commonwealth as
23 to whether a Pennsylvania resident may carry a concealed
24 firearm in that state or within jurisdictions within that
25 state based upon having a valid Pennsylvania license to carry
26 a firearm or whether a Pennsylvania resident may apply for a
27 concealed firearm carrying license or permit in that state or
28 in jurisdictions within that state based upon having a valid
29 Pennsylvania license to carry a firearm.
30 (2) The Attorney General shall maintain current lists of
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1 those states which have a reciprocity agreement with the
2 Commonwealth, those states and jurisdictions which allow
3 Pennsylvania residents to carry a concealed firearm based
4 upon having a valid Pennsylvania license to carry a firearm
5 and those states and jurisdictions which allow Pennsylvania
6 residents to apply for a concealed firearm carrying license
7 or permit based upon a valid Pennsylvania license to carry a
8 firearm. The lists shall be made available to the public,
9 including, but not limited to, publication on the Internet.
10 Section 3. The Attorney General shall report to the General
11 Assembly within 180 days of the effective date of this act on
12 the agreements that have been consummated pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S.
13 § 6109(k).
14 Section 4. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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