PRINTER'S NO. 3447
No. 2431 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, THOMAS, BARD, BEBKO-JONES, BISHOP,
CORRIGAN, CRUZ, CURRY, FRANKEL, HORSEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS,
MICHLOVIC, MYERS, PALLONE, J. TAYLOR, WASHINGTON, G. WRIGHT
AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 14, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sale or transfer
3 of firearms; providing for registry for lost or stolen
4 firearms; further providing for registration of firearms; and
5 providing for failure to report lost or stolen firearm and
6 for notice of multiple purchase reporting.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 6111 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
10 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
11 § 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
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13 (c.1) Multiple purchases.--Each licensed importer, licensed
14 manufacturer or licensed dealer of firearms shall prepare a
15 report of multiple sales or other dispositions of firearms
16 whenever that licensee sells or otherwise disposes of, at one
17 time or during any five consecutive business days, two or more
18 firearms or any combination of firearms totaling two or more, to
19 any person. The report shall be prepared on a form specified by
1 the Pennsylvania State Police and shall be forwarded to the
2 sheriff of the county in which the person resides not later than
3 the close of business on the day that the multiple sale or other
4 disposition occurs.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. Section 6111.1(b) of Title 18 is amended by
7 adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 6111.1. Pennsylvania State Police.
9 * * *
10 (b) Duty of Pennsylvania State Police.--
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12 (5) The Pennsylvania State Police shall maintain a
13 registry of all firearms reported lost or stolen in this
14 Commonwealth. The registry shall contain, if available, the
15 manufacturer, model, caliber, serial number and any other
16 identifying information concerning any firearm reported lost
17 or stolen, as well as the name of the lawful owner of the
18 firearm. If a firearm is reported stolen to a local law
19 enforcement agency, that agency shall collect the required
20 information and shall submit it to the Pennsylvania State
21 Police.
22 * * *
23 Section 3. Section 6111.4 of Title 18 is amended to read:
24 § 6111.4. Registration of firearms.
25 Notwithstanding any section of this chapter to the contrary,
26 nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow any
27 government or law enforcement agency or any agent thereof to
28 create, maintain or operate any registry of firearm ownership
29 within this Commonwealth, other than a registry of firearms
30 reported lost or stolen under section 6111.1(b)(5) (relating to
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1 Pennsylvania State Police). For the purposes of this section
2 only, the term "firearm" shall include any weapon that is
3 designed to or may readily be converted to expel any projectile
4 by the action of an explosive or the frame or receiver of any
5 such weapon.
6 Section 4. Title 18 is amended by adding a section to read:
7 § 6127. Failure to report lost or stolen firearm and notice of
8 multiple purchase reporting.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person who is the owner of a firearm
10 that is lost or stolen and who fails, within 48 hours after the
11 theft or loss is discovered, to report the loss or theft to an
12 appropriate local law enforcement official commits a summary
13 offense.
14 (b) Duty to forward report to sheriff.--A local law
15 enforcement official, or his designee, who receives a report
16 under subsection (a) shall forward a copy of the report to the
17 sheriff of the county in which the complainant or victim resides
18 within 48 hours.
19 (c) Order.--Notwithstanding any other penalty prescribed by
20 law, the court may enter an order prohibiting a person convicted
21 for a violation of this section from the purchase or any other
22 method of acquiring any firearm for a period of six months. Any
23 order entered pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to
24 the Pennsylvania State Police within 48 hours.
25 (d) Notice.--Each licensed importer, licensed manufacturer
26 or licensed dealer of firearms shall post, in a conspicuous
27 place, a notice which states that multiple purchases of firearms
28 within a five-business-day period will be reported to law
29 enforcement under section 6111(c.1) (relating to sale or
30 transfer of firearms).
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1 Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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