First Substitute H.B. 432

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Representative Jennifer M. Seelig proposes the following substitute bill:

1 BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AMENDMENTS
2 2012 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Jennifer M. Seelig
5 Senate Sponsor: Karen Mayne
6
7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the Public Safety Code regarding concealed firearm permit fee
10 management.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . authorizes the state Bureau of Criminal Identification to modify the fee the bureau
14 collects as an application fee so that the total of that fee and any fee collected as a
15 pass through fee when issuing concealed weapons permits, such as the fee for
16 Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint card checks, totals the nearest even
17 dollar amount.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 This bill provides an immediate effective date.
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 53-5-707, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapters 51, 99, and 193
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 53-5-707 is amended to read:
28 53-5-707. Concealed firearm permit -- Fees -- Disposition.
29 (1) (a) Each applicant for a concealed firearm permit shall pay a fee of $29.75 at the
30 time of filing an application, except that a nonresident applicant shall pay an additional $5 for
31 the additional cost of processing a nonresident application.
32 (b) The bureau shall waive the initial fee for an applicant who is a law enforcement
33 officer under Section 53-13-103 .
34 (2) The renewal fee for the permit is $15.
35 (3) The replacement fee for the permit is $10.
36 (4) (a) The late fee for the renewal permit is $7.50.
37 (b) As used in this section, "late fee" means the fee charged by the bureau for a renewal
38 submitted on a permit that has been expired for more than 30 days but less than one year.
39 (5) The bureau shall use the fees collected under Subsections (1), (2), (3), and (4) as a
40 dedicated credit to cover the costs of issuing concealed firearm permits under this part.
41 (6) (a) The bureau may collect any fees charged by an outside agency for additional
42 services required by statute as a prerequisite for issuance of a permit.
43 (b) The bureau may modify the fee under Subsection (1)(a) by adjusting that fee so that
44 the total of the fee under Subsection (1)(a) and the fee under Subsection (6)(a) S. [ are an ] is the
44a nearest .S even
45 dollar amount S. to that total .S .
46 [(b)] (c) The bureau shall promptly forward any fees collected under Subsection (6)(a)
47 to the appropriate agency.
48 (7) The bureau shall make an annual report in writing to the Legislature's Law
49 Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee on the amount and use of the fees
50 collected under this section.
51 Section 2. Effective date.
52 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
53 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
54 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
55 the date of veto override.