SB 967 — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS OF PISTOL PERMIT APPLICANTS.

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AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS OF PISTOL PERMIT APPLICANTS.

(f) Any bona fide resident of the United States having no bona fide permanent residence within the jurisdiction of any local authority in the state, but who has a permit or license to carry a pistol or revolver issued bybytheauthorityofanotherstateorsubdivisionoftheUnitedStates,may the authority of another state or subdivision of the United States, may apply directly to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a permit to carry a pistol or revolver in this state.

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(b) The local authority, or the commissioner in the case of an application pursuant to subsection (f) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, shall [take] forward the fingerprints of such applicant [or conduct any other method of positive identification required by the State Police Bureau of Identification or the Federal Bureau of Investigation,Investigation,unlessthe unlesslocalauthorityorthecommissioner the local authority or the commissioner determines that the fingerprints of such applicant have been previously taken and the applicant's identity established, and such applicant presents identification that the local authority or the commissioner verifies as valid.

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340 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 24 $ FY 25 $ Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential See Below See Below Revenue Gain Department of Emergency Applicant See Below See Below Services and Public Protection Fingerprint Card Submission Account - Potential Revenue Gain Note:

GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill requires certain applicants to submit to a state background check for an initial or renewal pistol permit, resulting in a potential revenue gain to the General Fund and the Applicant Fingerprint Card Submission Account within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), to the extent that additional background checks are conducted.

DESPP conducts state background checks for a $75 fee per person, paid to the General Fund.

State background checks also require fingerprinting, which DESPP conducts for a $15 fee per person, paid to the Applicant Fingerprint Card Submission Account.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to the number of additional background checks conducted.

1Funds in the non-lapsing Applicant Fingerprint Card Submission Account are used for IT support and maintenance for the fingerprinting systems.

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340 OLR Bill Analysis SB 967 AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS OF PISTOL PERMIT APPLICANTS.

SUMMARY By law, a nonresident with a valid out-of-state gun permit may apply directly to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) commissioner for a Connecticut handgun permit.

This bill explicitly requires the commissioner to require these nonresident handgun permit applicants to submit to state and national criminal history checks conducted under state law.

By law, the DESPP commissioner must follow the same fingerprinting and criminal history check procedures that state law requires for local officials processing temporary state handgun permit applications.

The bill also eliminates specified provisions for these fingerprinting and criminal history check procedures but continues to require both the DESPP commissioner and local officials to forward an applicant’s fingerprints to the State Police Bureau of Identification (SPBI), which must conduct the criminal history checks as state law requires.

Specifically, the bill eliminates provisions authorizing them to:

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use positive identification methods other than fingerprinting for these criminal history checks and 2.

opt not to take an applicant’s fingerprints if they determine that the applicant’s fingerprints were previously taken and the applicant presents valid identification.

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340 The bill also eliminates requirements that they:

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take an applicant’s fingerprints for criminal history checks, requiring instead that they forward the fingerprints to SPBI for these purposes;