House File 2116 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2116 BY ALONS A BILL FOR An Act providing for an optional permit to acquire pistols or 1 revolvers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5123YH (3) 84 rh/rj

H.F. 2116 Section 1. Section 724.15, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 Any person who desires to acquire ownership of any pistol or 3 revolver shall first shall not be required to obtain an annual 4 permit but may choose to apply for an annual permit . An annual 5 permit shall be issued upon request to any resident of this 6 state unless the person is subject to any of the following: 7 Sec. 2. Section 724.15, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended 8 by striking the subsection. 9 Sec. 3. Section 724.17, Code 2011, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 724.17 Application for annual permit to acquire —— criminal 12 history check required. 13 The If a person chooses to apply for an annual permit to 14 acquire pistols or revolvers pursuant to section 724.15, 15 the application for an annual permit to acquire pistols or 16 revolvers may be made to the sheriff of the county of the 17 applicant’s residence and shall be on a form prescribed 18 and published by the commissioner of public safety. The 19 application shall require only the full name of the applicant, 20 the driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card 21 number of the applicant, the residence of the applicant, 22 and the date and place of birth of the applicant. The 23 applicant shall also display an identification card that 24 bears a distinguishing number assigned to the cardholder, the 25 full name, date of birth, sex, residence address, and brief 26 description and colored photograph of the cardholder, or other 27 identification as specified by rule of the department of public 28 safety. The sheriff shall conduct a criminal history check 29 concerning each applicant by obtaining criminal history data 30 from the department of public safety which shall include an 31 inquiry of the national instant criminal background system 32 maintained by the federal bureau of investigation or any 33 successor agency. A person who makes what the person knows 34 to be a false statement of material fact on an application 35 -1- LSB 5123YH (3) 84 rh/rj 1/ 2

H.F. 2116 submitted under this section or who submits what the person 1 knows to be any materially falsified or forged documentation in 2 connection with such an application commits a class “D” felony. 3 Sec. 4. Section 724.18, Code 2011, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 724.18 Procedure for making application for annual permit to 6 acquire. 7 A person who chooses to apply for an annual permit to acquire 8 pistols or revolvers may personally request the sheriff to mail 9 an application for an annual the permit to acquire pistols 10 or revolvers , and the sheriff shall immediately forward to 11 such person an application for an annual permit to acquire 12 pistols or revolvers. A person shall upon completion of the 13 application personally deliver such application to the sheriff 14 who shall note the period of validity on the application and 15 shall immediately issue the annual permit to acquire pistols or 16 revolvers to the applicant. For the purposes of this section 17 the date of application shall be the date on which the sheriff 18 received the completed application. 19 Sec. 5. REPEAL. Section 724.16, Code 2011, is repealed. 20 EXPLANATION 21 Current law requires a person who desires to purchase a 22 pistol or revolver to first obtain an annual permit to acquire 23 a pistol or revolver from the sheriff of the county where the 24 person resides. An applicant who is not otherwise exempt 25 from this requirement must meet certain minimum application 26 requirements and must pass a criminal history background check. 27 The bill eliminates the requirement that a person must 28 obtain an annual permit to acquire a pistol or revolver, but 29 instead makes it optional for a person who chooses to apply for 30 such a permit, subject to the same application requirements. 31 The bill makes a conforming repeal to Code section 724.16, 32 relating to transfer penalties. 33 -2- LSB 5123YH (3) 84 rh/rj 2/ 2