CHAPTER 527

H.P. 1403 - L.D. 2001

An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Criminal Law

Advisory Commission

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 15 MRSA c. 15, as amended, is further amended by repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place:

CHAPTER 15

POSSESSION OF FIREARMS OR CROSSBOWS

BY PROHIBITED PERSONS

Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §393, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 419, §7 and affected by §12, is further amended to read:

1. Possession prohibited. A person may not own, possess or have under that person's control a firearm or crossbow, unless that person has obtained a permit under this section, if that person:

A-1. Has been convicted of committing or found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect insanity of committing:

(1) A crime in this State that is punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or more;