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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -WEAPONS

     Introduced By: Representative Raymond H. Johnston

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2017

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     (Attorney General)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 11-47 of the General Laws entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended

by adding thereto the following section:

     11-47-35.4. Sale or transfer to a party who is not intended owner or possessor.

     (a) No person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a firearm on behalf of or

transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know is prohibited from

possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law.

     (b) Every person violating the provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject

to imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, or by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or

both. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall upon a second or subsequent

conviction be subject to imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than fifteen (15)

years or a fine up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both. Except for a first conviction

under this section, the person shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of

sentence, nor probation.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -WEAPONS

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     This act would provide that no person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a

firearm on behalf of or transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know

is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law. Violation would

be punishable by imprisonment up to ten (10) years, or a fine of up to ten thousand dollars

($10,000), or both for the first offense and for any subsequent offense by mandatory

imprisonment of two (2) to fifteen (15) years or a fine of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000),

or both.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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