6057 AAS 2/10/94 S4956.2
SB 6057 - S AMD
By Senators Roach, Ludwig and Hargrove
ADOPTED 2/10/94
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 9.41.170 and 1979 c 158 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as
provided in subsection (2) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any
person who is not a citizen of the United States((, or who has not declared
his intention to become a citizen of the United States,)) to carry or have
in his or her possession at any time any ((shotgun, rifle, or other))
firearm, without first having obtained a license from the director of
licensing, and such license is not to be issued by the director of licensing
except upon the certificate of the consul domiciled in the state and
representing the country of such alien((, that he)). The consul
shall present a certified copy of the criminal history from the alien's
country, and attest that the alien is a responsible person ((and)).
Upon the payment ((for the license)) of the sum of ((fifteen))
twenty-three dollars((: PROVIDED, That)) by the alien, the
director of licensing may issue the license.
(2) If the consul has not provided a certificate of criminal history within ninety days after request by the alien, the alien may apply for a concealed pistol license under RCW 9.41.070 if the alien has been a resident of this state for not less than two years.
(3) This
section shall not apply to Canadian citizens resident in a province which has
an enactment or public policy providing substantially similar privilege to
residents of the state of Washington and who are carrying or possessing weapons
for the purpose of using them in the hunting of game while such persons are in
the act of hunting, or while on a hunting trip, or while such persons are
competing in a bona fide trap or skeet shoot or any other organized contest
where rifles, pistols, or shotguns are used ((as to weapons used in such
contest)). Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow aliens to
hunt or fish in this state without first having obtained a ((regular)) nonresident
hunting or fishing license.
(4) Any person
violating the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be
guilty of a ((misdemeanor)) class C felony."
SB 6057 - S AMD
By Senators Roach, Ludwig and Hargrove
ADOPTED 2/10/94
In line 1 of the title, after "firearms;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 9.41.170; and prescribing penalties."
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