0001|                            HOUSE BILL 106
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             LISA L. LUTZ
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO FIREARMS; PROHIBITING CERTAIN ACTIONS IN
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0012|     CONNECTION WITH REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS PURSUANT TO FEDERAL
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0013|     BRADY ACT; PROHIBITING COLLECTION OF FEES IN CONNECTION WITH
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0014|     IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL BRADY ACT; IMPOSING PENALTIES;
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0015|     DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section 1.  SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
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0019|     "Firearms Tax Cut and Privacy Act".
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0020|          Section 2.  PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIONS IN CONNECTION
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0021|     WITH REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS.--A person who by virtue of his
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0022|     official position or his employment gains possession of
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0023|     information concerning an individual because of the operation
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0024|     of Public Law 103-159, commonly referred to as the "Brady
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0025|     Act", and communicates that information to any person not
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0001|     legally entitled to receive it, or fails to destroy the
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0002|     information within forty-eight hours of possession of it
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0003|     unless retention is specifically required by federal law, is
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0004|     guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than
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0005|     five years or fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars
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0006|     ($100,000), or both. 
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0007|          Section 3.  PROHIBITION OF CHARGING OF FEES BY STATE
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0008|     OFFICER OR AGENCY FOR TAKING ACTION TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC LAW
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0009|     103-159.--A state officer, agency or employee shall not charge
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0010|     or collect any fee in connection with an action taken to
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0011|     implement Public Law 103-159, commonly known as the "Brady
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0012|     Act".
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0013|          Section 4.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0014|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0015|     immediately.
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