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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §455, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. H, §1 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read:
§ 455.Record of sales of firearms
 
1.  Forms.     A dealer may not:
 
A.  Sell, let or loan a firearm to a person without making a copy of the form a dealer must keep as prescribed by 18 United States Code, Section 923. The copy must be made and marked as "STATE COPY" before the firearm is delivered; or
 
B.  Refuse to show or refuse to allow inspection of a copy of the form described in paragraph A to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, constable, game warden or prosecuting attorney.
 
A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of $50 may be adjudged.
 
1-A.  Form.     A firearms dealer may not refuse to show or refuse to allow inspection of the form a dealer must keep as prescribed by 18 United States Code, Section 923 to a law enforcement officer as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 17 upon presentation of a formal written request for inspection stating that the form relates to an active criminal investigation.
 
A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of $50 may be adjudged.
 
2. False or fictitious name.   A person may not give a false or fictitious name to a firearms dealer. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of $50 may be adjudged.
 
3. Exception.   This section does not apply to a firearms wholesaler who sells only to other firearms dealers or to a firearms manufacturer who sells only at wholesale.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and amends the provision of law that requires a firearms dealer who sells, lets or loans a firearm to make a copy of the form the dealer must keep pursuant to federal law and to show that copy to a law enforcement officer or prosecuting attorney as follows.
1. Like the bill, it removes the requirement that a dealer make a state copy of that federal form;
2. It requires a dealer to show to or allow inspection of that federal form by a state law enforcement officer or prosecuting attorney upon presentation of a formal written request for inspection stating that the form relates to an active criminal investigation; and
3. It retains the exception currently in law regarding the sale of firearms by a wholesaler to a dealer or another wholesaler.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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