109 Relating to: conveyance of information from a firearms dealer to the Department of Justice to request a firearms restrictions record search before transferring a handgun.

  Date of enactment: December 13, 2013
2013 Senate Bill 295   Date of publication*: December 14, 2013

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2013 WISCONSIN ACT 109

An Act to amend 175.35 (2g) (c) 1., 175.35 (2g) (c) 4. (intro.), 175.35 (2j) and 175.35 (2k) (ar) 2. of the statutes; relating to: conveyance of information from a firearms dealer to the Department of Justice to request a firearms restrictions record search before transferring a handgun.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 175.35 (2g) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

175.35 (2g) (c) 1. A firearms dealer to convey the information from a completed notification form to the department using either a toll-free telephone number provided by the department or an alternative means the department provides .

Section 2 . 175.35 (2g) (c) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

175.35 (2g) (c) 4. (intro.) The department to notify the dealer , either during the initial telephone call or as soon thereafter after receiving the information under subd. 1. as practicable, of the results of the firearms restrictions record search as follows:

Section 3 . 175.35 (2j) of the statutes is amended to read:

175.35 (2j) A firearms dealer shall maintain the original record of all completed notification forms and a record of all confirmation numbers and corresponding approval or nonapproval numbers that he or she receives regarding firearms restrictions record searches under sub. (2g). The If, under sub. (2g) (c) 1., the firearms dealer conveys the information from the notification form using the toll-free telephone number, the firearms dealer shall mail the duplicate copy of each completed notification form to the department of justice. If, under sub. (2g) (c) 1., the firearms dealer conveys the information from the notification form using the alternative means, the firearms dealer shall transmit, using a means the department approves, each completed notification form to the department of justice.

Section 4 . 175.35 (2k) (ar) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

175.35 (2k) (ar) 2. Check each duplicate notification form received under sub. (2j) against the information recorded by the department regarding the corresponding request for a firearms restrictions record search under sub. (2g). If the department previously provided a unique approval number regarding the request and nothing in the duplicate completed notification form indicates that the transferee is prohibited from possessing a firearm under s. 941.29, the department shall destroy all records regarding that firearms restrictions record search within 30 days after receiving the duplicate notification form.