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LD 267 Title Page An Act to Repeal the Requirement That a Person Have a Permit for Concealed Fire... Page 2 of 2
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §393, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 368, §3, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Application after 5 years. A person subject to the
provisions of subsection 1 may, after the expiration of 5 years
from the date that the person is finally discharged from the
sentences imposed as a result of the conviction or adjudication,
apply to the Commissioner of Public Safety for a permit to carry
a firearm. That person may not be issued a permit to carry a
concealed firearm pursuant to Title 25, chapter 252.

 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1057, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 917, §2, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1057, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A,
§57 and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is further amended to
read:

 
5. For purposes of this section, "under the influence of
intoxicating liquor or drugs or a combination of liquor and drugs
or with an excessive blood-alcohol level" has the same meaning as
"under the influence of intoxicants" as defined in Title 29-A,
section 2401, subsection 13. "Excessive blood-alcohol level"
means 0.08% or more by weight of alcohol in the blood.
Standards, tests and procedures applicable in determining whether
a person is under the influence or has an excessive blood-alcohol
level within the meaning of this section are those applicable
pursuant to Title 29-A, sections 2411 and 2431; except that the
suspension of a permit to carry concealed firearms issued
pursuant to Title 25, chapter 252, or of the authority of a
private investigator licensed to carry a concealed firearm
pursuant to Title 32, chapter 89, is as provided in those
chapters.

 
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1057, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 917, §2, is
amended to read:

 
6. Criminal possession of a firearm is a Class D crime. In
addition, as part of every judgment of conviction and sentence
imposed, the court shall:

 
A. Revoke any permit to carry a concealed firearm issued to
the person so convicted; and

 
B. If the person so convicted is licensed as a private
investigator, suspend for a period of 5 years that person's
right as a private investigator to carry a concealed
firearm.


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