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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 341
H.P. 1132 - L.D. 1546

An Act To Amend Certain Provisions Relating to a Permit To Carry Concealed Firearms To Be Consistent with Changes to the Statute Relating to Possession of Firearms by Prohibited Persons

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

     Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2002, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

     1-A. Conviction. "Conviction" means the acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or a verdict or finding of guilty, or the equivalent in a juvenile case, by a court of competent jurisdiction.

     Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2002, sub-§§10-A, 13 and 14 are enacted to read:

     10-A. Not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect. "Not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect" has the same meaning as used in Title 17-A, section 39 and includes the former finding in this State under former provisions of Title 15, section 103 of "not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect excluding responsibility" as well as any comparable finding under the laws of the United States or any other state.

     13. State and state. "State" means the State of Maine and "state" means any other state of the United States and includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the possessions of the United States.

     14. Use of a dangerous weapon. "Use of a dangerous weapon" has the same meaning as in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph A.

     Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 478, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

     Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1993, c. 524, §§6 and 7, is further amended by repealing and replacing subparagraph (5) to read:

     Sec. 5. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§2, ¶A-1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 549, §6, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 6. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§2, ¶A-2 is enacted to read:

     Sec. 7. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 549, §7, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 8. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§2, ¶B-1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 524, §9, is further amended to read:

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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