2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 153
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1788(B), relative to firearms; to provide regarding an
3 identification number or other mark on a firearm; to delete provisions relative to a
4 presumption of guilt against a defendant in possession of a firearm with an
5 identification number or mark that has been removed or altered; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:1788(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง1788. Identification with number or other mark; obliteration or alteration of
10 number or mark
11 * * *
12 B. No one shall obliterate, remove, change, or alter this number or mark.
13 Whenever, in a trial for a violation of this Sub-section, the defendant is shown to
14 have or to have had possession of any firearm upon which the number or mark was
15 obliterated, removed, changed, or altered, that possession is sufficient evidence to
16 authorize conviction unless the defendant explains it to the satisfaction of the court.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 340
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.