HB1379

                              First Regular Session
       
                           Sixty-second General Assembly

LLS NO. 99-0895.01 Julie Pelegrin HOUSE BILL 99-1379

                                    STATE OF COLORADO

       BY REPRESENTATIVES Decker, King, McKay, Scott, Sinclair,
       Swenson, and Witwer.

       JUDICIARY


                                                            A BILL FOR AN ACT

101  CONCERNING  PROHIBITION  OF  THE  PURCHASE  OF  FIREARMS  BY PERSONS

102  ON   BEHALF   OF   OTHER   PERSONS   WHO   ARE   INELIGIBLE   TO  PURCHASE

103  FIREARMS.

                                                                   Bill Summary

                   (Note:    This    summary    applies    to    this    bill    as    introduced    and    does
       not       necessarily       reflect      any      amendments      that      may      be      subsequently
       adopted.)

                   Makes    it    a    class    1   misdemeanor   for   a   person   to   purchase   a   firearm
       on    behalf    of    or    for    transfer    to    a    person    who    is    ineligible    to   possess   a
       firearm    or    to    purchase    a    firearm    in    this    state.    Requires   firearms   sellers   to
       post a sign informing the public of the prohibition.



    1  Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

    2              SECTION     1.     Article     12     of     title    18,    Colorado    Revised    Statutes,

    3  is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read:

    4              18-12-111.      Unlawful     purchase     of     firearms.     (1)     ANY     PERSON

    5  WHO   KNOWINGLY   PURCHASES   OR  OTHERWISE  OBTAINS  A  FIREARM  ON

    6  BEHALF  OF  OR FOR TRANSFER TO A PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO POSSESS

    7  A   FIREARM   PURSUANT   TO   FEDERAL  OR  STATE  LAW  OR  INELIGIBLE  TO

    8  PURCHASE A FIREARM IN THIS STATE COMMITS A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR.

    9              (2)  ANY  PERSON  WHO IS A LICENSED FIREARM DEALER, AS DEFINED



       [ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.

       Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.

       Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.

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    1  IN   18   U.S.C.   SEC.   921   (a)   (21),   SHALL   POST   A   SIGN   DISPLAYING   THE

    2  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBSECTION  (1)  OF  THIS  SECTION  IN  A  MANNER  THAT IS

    3  EASILY  READABLE.  THE  PERSON  SHALL  POST SUCH SIGN IN AN AREA THAT

    4  IS  VISIBLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC  AT  EACH  LOCATION FROM WHICH THE PERSON

    5  SELLS FIREARMS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    6              SECTION     2.     Effective     date     -    applicability.    This    act    shall    take

    7  effect    July    1,    1999,    and    shall    apply   to   offenses   committed   on   or   after   said

    8  date.

    9              SECTION     3.     Safety     clause.     The     general     assembly    hereby    finds,

10  determines,     and     declares     that     this     act     is     necessary     for     the     immediate

11  preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.