HF 2057 (LSB 5014YH (5) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2057

BY  WINDSCHITL, SORENSON, SCHULTZ, HELLAND, STRUYK, PETTENGILL, KOESTER, BAUDLER, CHAMBERS, FORRISTALL, TYMESON, and HAGENOW

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the collection of certain information for the issuance of nonprofessional permits to carry weapons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 724.7, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   724.7  NONPROFESSIONAL PERMIT TO CARRY WEAPONS.  
   1.  Any person who can reasonably justify going armed may be issued a nonprofessional permit to carry weapons.
   2.  Such permits shall be on a form prescribed and published by the commissioner of public safety, which shall be readily distinguishable from the professional permit, and shall identify the holder thereof, and state the reason for the issuance of the permit, and the limits of the authority granted by such permit. Such permits shall not be issued for a particular weapon and shall not contain information about a particular weapon including the make, model, or serial number of the weapon or any ammunition used in that weapon.
   3.  All permits so issued shall be for a definite period as established by the issuing officer, but in no event shall exceed a period of twelve months.
    Sec. 2.  Section 724.11, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   724.11  ISSUANCE OF PERMIT TO CARRY WEAPONS.  
   1.  Applications for permits to carry weapons shall be made 

 to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides. Applications from persons who are nonresidents of the state, or whose need to go armed arises out of employment by the state, shall be made to the commissioner of public safety. In either case, except as provided in subsection 2, the issuance of the permit shall be by and at the discretion of the sheriff or commissioner, who shall, before issuing the permit, determine that the requirements of sections 724.6 to 724.10 have been satisfied. However, the training program requirements in section 724.9 may be waived for renewal permits.

   2. Neither the sheriff nor the commissioner shall require an applicant for a nonprofessional permit to carry weapons to provide information identifying a particular weapon in the application including the make, model, or serial number of the weapon or any ammunition used in that particular weapon.

   3.  The issuing officer shall collect a fee of ten dollars, 

 except from a duly appointed peace officer or correctional officer, for each permit issued. Renewal permits or duplicate permits shall be issued for a fee of five dollars. The issuing officer shall notify the commissioner of public safety of the issuance of any permit at least monthly and forward to the commissioner an amount equal to two dollars for each permit issued and one dollar for each renewal or duplicate permit issued. All such fees received by the commissioner shall be paid to the treasurer of state and deposited in the operating account of the department of public safety to offset the cost of administering this chapter. Any unspent balance as of June 30 of each year shall revert to the general fund as provided by section 8.33.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that the sheriff of the county in which an applicant for a nonprofessional permit to carry weapons resides or, in the case of a nonresident, the commissioner of public safety, shall not condition the issuance of such a permit on an applicant’s provision of information identifying a particular weapon in the application including the make, model, or serial number of the weapon or any ammunition used in that particular weapon.