2020 -- H 7264 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Caldwell, Knight, Craven, Tobon, and McKiernan | |
Date Introduced: January 23, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 11 of the General Laws entitled "CRIMINAL OFFENSES" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 47.1 |
4 | LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN ACT OF 2020 |
5 | 11-47.1-1. Short title. |
6 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Large Capacity |
7 | Feeding Device Ban Act of 2020. |
8 | 11-47.1-2. Definitions. |
9 | As used in this chapter the following terms and phrases are construed as follows: |
10 | (1) "Large capacity feeding device" means a magazine, box, drum, tube, belt, feed strip, |
11 | or similar device which has a capacity of more than ten (10) rounds of ammunition. The term |
12 | large capacity feeding device shall include an ammunition feeding device with a removable floor |
13 | plate or end plate, or any other feature that allows the device to be readily converted to accept |
14 | more than ten (10) rounds of ammunition. The term shall not include an attached tubular device |
15 | which is capable of holding only .22 caliber rim fire ammunition or a feeding device that has been |
16 | rendered permanently inoperable. |
17 | (2) "Federally licensed firearm dealer" means a person who holds a valid federal firearm |
18 | dealer's license pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 923(a). |
19 | 11-47.1-3. Large capacity device prohibited. |
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1 | (a) No person shall manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, possess, or have |
2 | under their control a large capacity feeding device, except as otherwise authorized under this |
3 | chapter. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a |
4 | fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5000) or by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more |
5 | than five (5) years, or both, and except for a first conviction under this section, shall not be |
6 | afforded the provisions of a suspension or deferment of sentence, nor probation. Any unlawfully |
7 | possessed large capacity feeding device shall be subject to forfeiture. |
8 | (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to: |
9 | (1) Any person who, on the effective date of this chapter, lawfully possessed a large |
10 | capacity feeding device; provided that, within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date |
11 | of this chapter the person: |
12 | (i) Permanently modifies the large capacity feeding device such that it cannot hold more |
13 | than ten (10) rounds of ammunition; |
14 | (ii) Surrenders the large capacity feeding device to the police department in the city or |
15 | town in which the person resides or, if there is no such police department or the person resides |
16 | out of state, to the nearest Rhode Island state police barracks, in accordance with procedures |
17 | promulgated by the chief of police or the superintendent of the state police.; |
18 | (iii) Transfers or sells the large capacity feeding device to a federally licensed firearm |
19 | dealer or a firm outside the state of Rhode Island that is lawfully entitled to own or possess such a |
20 | device; |
21 | (2) Any law enforcement officer that is exempt under §§ 11-47-9 or 11-47-9.1, or a |
22 | retired law enforcement officer exempt under §§ 11-47-9 or 11-47-9.1 who is not otherwise |
23 | prohibited from receiving such a feeding device from an agency upon retirement, and who has a |
24 | permit to carry a firearm pursuant to § 11-47-18(b); or |
25 | (3) An active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or the National |
26 | Guard, who is authorized to possess and carry assault weapons. |
27 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would ban large capacity feeding devices for use in firearms. |
2 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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