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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -WEAPONS

     

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, and Nesselbush

     Date Introduced: March 02, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (Attorney General)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 11-47 of the General Laws entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended

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by adding thereto the following section:

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     11-47-35.4. Sale or transfer to a party who is not intended owner or possessor.

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     (a) No person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a firearm on behalf of or

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transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know is prohibited from

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possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law.

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     (b) Every person violating the provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject

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to imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, or by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or

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both. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall upon a second or subsequent

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conviction be subject to imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than fifteen (15)

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years or a fine up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both. Except for a first conviction

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under this section, the person shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of

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sentence, nor probation.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -WEAPONS

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     This act would provide that no person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a

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firearm on behalf of or transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know

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is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law. Violation would

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be punishable by imprisonment up to ten (10) years, or a fine of up to ten thousand dollars

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($10,000), or both for the first offense and for any subsequent offense by mandatory

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imprisonment of two (2) to fifteen (15) years or a fine of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000),

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or both.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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