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An Act To Allow Municipalities To Prohibit Weapons at Municipal Public Proceedings and Voting Places
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2011, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 359, is amended to read:
 
3. Exception.   This section does not prohibit an order, ordinance, rule or regulation of any political subdivision whichthat, with the exception of appropriate civil penalty provisions, conforms exactly with any applicable provision of state law or whichthat regulates the discharge of firearms within a jurisdiction or that regulates the carrying of firearms within a municipality in accordance with Title 30-A, section 3015.
Sec. 2.  30-A MRSA §3015  is enacted to read:
§ 3015. Regulation of weapons at municipal public proceedings and voting places
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipality may adopt an ordinance that prohibits the carrying of a dangerous weapon at municipal public proceedings and voting places within the municipality. A municipal ordinance adopted pursuant to this section must provide an exception to allow the carrying of a handgun by an on-duty federal, state or local law enforcement officer. For the purposes of this section, "dangerous weapon" has the same meaning as in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph C, "law enforcement officer" has the same meaning as in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 17, "public proceeding" has the same meaning as in Title 1, section 402, subsection 2 and "voting place" has the same meaning as in Title 21-A, section 1, subsection 49.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows municipalities to prohibit the carrying of dangerous weapons at municipal public proceedings and voting places within the municipality. It provides an exception to allow the carrying of a handgun by an on-duty law enforcement officer.