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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6839
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 5011
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING TEMPORARY STATE PERMITS TO CARRY A
PISTOL OR REVOLVER ISSUED BY TRIBAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 29-28 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2023): 3
(b) Upon the application of any person having a bona fide permanent 4
residence within the jurisdiction of any such authority, such chief of 5
police or, where there is no chief of police, such chief executive officer 6
or designated resident state trooper or state police officer, as applicable, 7
may issue a temporary state permit to such person to carry a pistol or 8
revolver within the state, provided such authority shall find that such 9
applicant intends to make no use of any pistol or revolver which such 10
applicant may be permitted to carry under such permit other than a 11
lawful use and that such person is a suitable person to receive such 12
permit. If the applicant has a bona fide permanent residence within the 13
jurisdiction of any federally recognized Native American tribe within 14
the borders of the state, and such tribe has a law enforcement unit, as 15 Raised Bill No. 6839
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defined in section 7-294a, that accepts applications for temporary state 16
permits, the chief of police of such law enforcement unit may issue a 17
temporary state permit to such person pursuant to the provisions of this 18
subsection, and [any] no chief of police of any other law enforcement 19
unit, [having jurisdiction over an area containing such person's bona 20
fide permanent residence shall not] and no other chief executive officer 21
or designated resident state trooper or state police officer, having 22
jurisdiction over such area shall issue such temporary state permit [if 23
such tribal law enforcement unit accepts applications for temporary 24
state permits] to such person. No state or temporary state permit to carry 25
a pistol or revolver shall be issued under this subsection if the applicant 26
(1) has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the 27
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the 28
safety and use of pistols and revolvers including, but not limited to, a 29
safety or training course in the use of pistols and revolvers available to 30
the public offered by a law enforcement agency, a private or public 31
educational institution or a firearms training school, utilizing instructors 32
certified by the National Rifle Association or the Department of Energy 33
and Environmental Protection and a safety or training course in the use 34
of pistols or revolvers conducted by an instructor certified by the state 35
or the National Rifle Association, (2) has been convicted of (A) a felony, 36
or (B) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 37
2015, or (C) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 38
53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the 39
preceding twenty years, (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the 40
commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120, 41
(4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years 42
after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease 43
or defect pursuant to section 53a-13, (5) (A) has been confined in a 44
hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 45
17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court, 46
or (B) has been voluntarily admitted on or after October 1, 2013, to a 47
hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 48
17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a 49
psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent 50 Raised Bill No. 6839
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person or a drug-dependent person, as those terms are defined in 51
section 17a-680, (6) is subject to a restraining or protective order issued 52
by a court in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use 53
of physical force against another person, including an ex parte order 54
issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a, (7) is subject to a firearms 55
seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c 56
after notice and hearing, or a risk protection order or risk protection 57
investigation order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 58
29-38c, (8) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or 59
receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g)(4), (9) is an alien illegally 60
or unlawfully in the United States, or (10) is less than twenty-one years 61
of age. Nothing in this section shall require any person who holds a 62
valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver on October 1, 1994, to 63
participate in any additional training in the safety and use of pistols and 64
revolvers. No person may apply for a temporary state permit to carry a 65
pistol or revolver more than once within any twelve-month period, and 66
no temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall be issued to 67
any person who has applied for such permit more than once within the 68
preceding twelve months. Any person who applies for a temporary state 69
permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall indicate in writing on the 70
application, under penalty of false statement in such manner as the 71
issuing authority prescribes, that such person has not applied for a 72
temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver within the past 73
twelve months. Upon issuance of a temporary state permit to carry a 74
pistol or revolver to the applicant, the local authority shall forward the 75
original application to the commissioner. Not later than sixty days after 76
receiving a temporary state permit, an applicant shall appear at a 77
location designated by the commissioner to receive the state permit. The 78
commissioner may then issue, to any holder of any temporary state 79
permit, a state permit to carry a pistol or revolver within the state. Upon 80
issuance of the state permit, the commissioner shall make available to 81
the permit holder a copy of the law regarding the permit holder's 82
responsibility to report the loss or theft of a firearm and the penalties 83
associated with the failure to comply with such law. Upon issuance of 84
the state permit, the commissioner shall forward a record of such permit 85 Raised Bill No. 6839
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to the local authority issuing the temporary state permit. The 86
commissioner shall retain records of all applications, whether approved 87
or denied. The copy of the state permit delivered to the permittee shall 88
be laminated and shall contain a full-face photograph of such permittee. 89
A person holding a state permit issued pursuant to this subsection shall 90
notify the issuing authority within two business days of any change of 91
such person's address. The notification shall include the old address and 92
the new address of such person. 93
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 29-28(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To clarify a provision related to the ability of tribal police departments
to issue temporary state permits to carry a pistol or revolver.
[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.]