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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5305
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 2471
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR A FIREARMS DEALER
WHO FAILS TO INSTALL A BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM ON THE
PREMISES OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-37d of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 2
(a) On and after July 1, 1993, each business organization which 3
engages in the retail sale of firearms, as defined in section 53a-3, as a 4
regular course of trade or business, shall have a burglar alarm system 5
installed on the premises of its establishment in which ten or more 6
firearms are stored and kept for sale. Such alarm system shall be directly 7
connected to the local police department or monitored by a central 8
station and shall activate upon unauthorized entry or interruption to 9
such system. For the purposes of this section, "business organization" 10
means a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation or other 11
form of business or legal entity. The provisions of this section shall not 12
apply to any person who (1) sells or exchanges a firearm for the 13
enhancement of a personal collection or as a hobby, (2) sells all or part 14 Raised Bill No. 5305
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of a personal collection of firearms, or (3) sells firearms from his own 15
residence and keeps for sale not more than ten firearms. 16
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 17
shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, 18
to establish fines for business organizations that violate the provisions 19
of subsection (a) of this section. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 29-37d
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public
Protection to adopt regulations to establish fines for a firearms dealer
who fails to install a burglar alarm system on the premises of its
establishment.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]