Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Jones of North Reading, Ms. Rogeness of Longmeadow, Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth, Mr. Hill of Ipswich, Mr. Humason of Westfield, Ms. Gifford of Wareham, Mr. Hargraves of Groton, Mr. Smola of Palmer, Mr. Webster of Hanson, Ms. Callahan of Sutton, Mr. Kulik of South Deerfield, Mr. Quinn of Dartmouth, Ms. Gobi of Spencer, Ms. Canavan of Brockton, Mr. Canessa of New Bedford, Ms. Flanagan of Leominster, Mr. DiNatlie of Fitchburg, Mr. Kujawski of Webster move to amend the bill by adding the following three sections:

“SECTION ____ Section 129B of chapter 140 shall be amended by striking paragraph (9A) and inserting in place thereof the following: -

(9A) Except as provided in clause (9B), the fee for an application for a firearm identification card shall be $40, which shall be payable to the licensing authority and shall not be prorated or refunded in the case of revocation or denial. The licensing authority shall retain $25 of the fee; $15 of the fee shall be deposited in the General Fund; and Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, licensing authorities shall deposit quarterly that portion of the firearm identification card application fee which is to be deposited into the General Fund, not later than January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year.

SECTION ____ Section 131 of chapter 140 shall be amended by striking paragraph (i) and inserting in place thereof the following: -

(i) A license to carry or possess firearms shall be valid, unless revoked or suspended, for a period of not more than 6 years from the date of issue and shall expire on the anniversary of the licensee’s date of birth occurring not less than 5 years but not more than 6 years from the date of issue, except that if the licensee applied for renewal before the license expired, the license shall remain valid for a period of 90 days beyond the stated expiration date on the license, unless the application for renewal is denied. Any renewal thereof shall expire on the anniversary of the licensee’s date of birth occurring not less than 5 years but not more than 6 years from the effective date of such license. Any license issued to an applicant born on February 29 shall expire on March 1. The fee for the application shall be $40, which shall be payable to the licensing authority and shall not be prorated or refunded in case of revocation or denial. The licensing authority shall retain $25 of the fee; $15 of the fee shall be deposited into the general fund of the commonwealth and not less than $50,000 of the funds deposited into the General Fund shall be allocated to the Firearm Licensing Review Board, established in section 130B, for its operations and that any funds not expended by said board for its operations shall revert back to the General Fund. For law enforcement officials, or local, state, or federal government entities acting on their behalf, the fee for the application shall be set at $25, which shall be payable to the licensing authority and shall not be prorated or refunded in case of revocation or denial. The licensing authority shall retain $12.50 of the fee, and $12.50 of the fee shall be deposited into the general fund of the commonwealth. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, licensing authorities shall deposit such portion of the license application fee into the Firearms Record Keeping Fund quarterly, not later than January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, licensing authorities shall deposit quarterly such portion of the license application fee as is to be deposited into the General Fund, not later than January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year. For the purposes of section 10 of chapter 269, an expired license to carry firearms shall be deemed to be valid for a period not to exceed 90 days beyond the stated date of expiration, unless such license to carry firearms has been revoked.

SECTION ____ Section 131F of chapter 140 shall be amended by striking, in line 39, the word “one” and inserting in-place thereof the following:- “six”.