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AL HB456
Bill
Status
5/7/2020
Primary Sponsor
Reed Ingram
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 45-26-231.02 of the Code of Alabama to authorize the Elmore County Sheriff to sell or trade in abandoned, stolen, or unclaimed firearms to licensed gun dealers.
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Permits the Sheriff to sell or destroy firearms if the owner does not claim them within six months of recovery.
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Restricts firearm sales or trade-ins to gun dealers with an active business license from Elmore County for at least one year immediately prior to the sale.
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Requires the Sheriff to establish a notification procedure for gun dealers and directs that firearms be sold to the dealer submitting the highest sealed bid on a cash basis.
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Directs cash proceeds from sales, after deducting recovery, maintenance, and sale expenses, to be paid to the Office of the Sheriff of Elmore County.
Legislative Description
Elmore Co., sheriff, authorized to sell firearms to gun dealers with active business license for one year, Act 2007-325, 2007 Reg Sess., am'd, Sec. 45-26-231.02 am'd.
Elmore County
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation
5/7/2020