H.F. No. 3745 Summary

• Commissioner of public safety shall reimburse eligible applicants for 50 percent of the cost to secure a permit to carry a pistol, including permit fees and mandatory training course fees.

• Eligible applicants are Minnesota residents with annual income less than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.

• Commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria, develop grant application forms, and distribute forms through sheriffs and chiefs of police to all citizens issued permits.

• Grants shall be awarded based on available appropriated funds.

• $50,000 is appropriated from the general fund for fiscal year 2017 to the commissioner of public safety to fund the reimbursement grants.