House of Representatives

SB 1307

firearms; random gunfire

Sponsors: Spitzer, Cummiskey, Solomon, Day

DPA	Committee on Government Reform
X	Caucus and COW	This bill as introduced contains an Emergency clause.
	As Passed the House

SB 1307 stipulates that a person who with criminal negligence discharges a firearm within or into the limits of a municipality is guilty of a class six felony.

History

Currently it is a class two misdemeanor to discharge a firearm within the limits of any municipality.

Provisions

· Stipulates that a person who with criminal negligence discharges a firearm within or into the limits of a municipality is guilty of a class six felony.

· Defines municipality as any city or town and includes any property that is fully enclosed within the city or town.

· Contains an emergency clause.

· Designates this act as Shannon’s Law.

SB 1307 was amended in the Government Reform Committee as follows:

· States that if the dangerous nature of the discharge can not be proven, the offender will be charged with a class 1 misdemeanor.

· Exempts person who discharge the firearm more than one mile from any occupied structure or persons who act in self defense or in the defense of another person against an animal attach.

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· 44th Legislature Analyst Initials _______

· Second Regular Session March 14, 2000

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