SF 1591

Introduction - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to firearms; permitting licensed protective 
  1.3             agents and their employees who provide armored car 
  1.4             services to apply for a permit to carry a pistol with 
  1.5             the sheriff or police chief where the person is 
  1.6             employed; requiring that the permit be valid only when 
  1.7             armored car services are being provided; amending 
  1.8             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 624.714, subdivisions 
  1.9             2 and 6. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 624.714, 
  1.12  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.13     Subd. 2.  [WHERE APPLICATION MADE.] Except as otherwise 
  1.14  provided in this subdivision, applications for permits to carry 
  1.15  shall be made to the chief of police of an organized full-time 
  1.16  police department of the municipality where the applicant 
  1.17  resides or to the county sheriff where there is no such local 
  1.18  chief of police of the county where the applicant resides, if 
  1.19  there is no local chief of police.  A licensed protective agent 
  1.20  or an employee of a licensed protective agent who provides 
  1.21  armored car services for the protection of persons or property 
  1.22  as described in section 326.338, subdivision 4, clause (3), may 
  1.23  apply for a permit to carry with the chief of police of the 
  1.24  municipality where the applicant is employed or with the sheriff 
  1.25  of the county where the applicant is employed, if there is no 
  1.26  local chief of police.  At the time of application, the local 
  1.27  police authority shall provide the applicant with a dated 
  2.1   receipt for the application. 
  2.2      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 624.714, 
  2.3   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  2.4      Subd. 6.  [FAILURE TO GRANT PERMITS, PERMIT RESTRICTIONS.] 
  2.5   (a) Failure of the chief police officer or the county sheriff to 
  2.6   deny the application or issue a permit to carry a pistol within 
  2.7   21 days of the date of application shall be deemed to be a grant 
  2.8   thereof.  The local police authority shall provide an applicant 
  2.9   with written notification of a denial and the specific reason 
  2.10  for the denial. A chief of police or a sheriff may charge a fee 
  2.11  to cover the cost of conducting a background check, not to 
  2.12  exceed $10.  
  2.13     (b) The permit shall specify the activities for which it 
  2.14  shall be valid.  If the local police authority grants a permit 
  2.15  to a licensed protective agent or an employee of a licensed 
  2.16  protective agent who does not reside in the area where the 
  2.17  permit is issued, the police authority must specify on the 
  2.18  permit that it is valid only when the agent or employee is 
  2.19  providing armored car services.