HB371ENROLLED
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HB371
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By Representatives Harbison, Wadsworth, Shedd (N & P)
RFD: Local Legislation
First Read: 21-Mar-24
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First Read: 21-Mar-24
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to Cullman County; to authorize and direct
the sheriff to take certain actions regarding abandoned and
stolen firearms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
term "firearm" shall have the same meaning as defined in
Section 13A-8-1, Code of Alabama 1975.
(b) The Sheriff of Cullman County shall keep and
maintain a separate permanent record of all abandoned and
stolen firearms not subject to disposition by general law. The
records shall include a description of the firearm, the date
of recovery of the firearm, the serial or other identifying
number, if any, of the firearm, and the place of recovery of
the firearm.
(c) Unless otherwise provided by law, the sheriff may
sell or destroy a firearm if all of the following have
occurred:
(1) The firearm has been recorded pursuant to
subsection (b).
(2) The sheriff has possessed the firearm for at least
six months.
(3) The owner of the firearm has not claimed the
firearm.
(d)(1) The sheriff may sell or trade firearms pursuant
to subsection (c) only to gun dealers who have held an active
business license in this state for at least one year
immediately prior to the date of the sale or trade.
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immediately prior to the date of the sale or trade.
(2) The sheriff shall establish a procedure to notify
gun dealers of all firearms available for trade or sale.
(3) Proceeds of a sale, after deducting and paying all
expenses incurred in the recovery, maintenance, and sale of
the firearm, shall be dispersed as follows:
a. Seventy percent to the office of the sheriff.
b. Thirty percent to the office of the district
attorney.
(e) The sheriff may establish a procedure to destroy
firearms and may expend necessary sheriff department funds for
that purpose.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2024.
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1, 2024.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 11-Apr-24.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 02-May-24 Passed
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