AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.
the law enforcement agency firearms, or firearm related
equipment, or both.
The state board of accounts shall establish rules for the proper
accounting and expenditure of funds collected under this subsection.
(c) The officer to whom the application is made shall ascertain
concerning the applicant his the applicant's name, full address, length
of residence in the community, whether his the applicant's residence
is located within the limits of any city or town, the applicant's
occupation, place of business or employment, criminal record, if any,
and convictions (minor traffic offenses excepted), age, race, sex,
nationality, date of birth, citizenship, height, weight, build, color of
hair, color of eyes, scars, and marks, whether the applicant has
previously held an Indiana license to carry a handgun and, if so, the
serial number of the license and year issued, whether his the
applicant's license has ever been suspended or revoked, and if so, the
year and reason for the suspension or revocation, and the applicant's
reason for desiring a license. The officer to whom the application is
made shall conduct an investigation into the applicant's official records
and verify thereby the applicant's character and reputation, and shall in
addition verify for accuracy the information contained in the
application, and shall forward this information together with his
recommendation for approval or disapproval and one (1) set of legible
and classifiable fingerprints of the applicant to the superintendent.
(d) The superintendent may make whatever further investigation he
the superintendent deems necessary. Whenever disapproval is
recommended, the officer to whom the application is made shall
provide the superintendent and the applicant with his the officer's
complete and specific reasons, in writing, for the recommendation of
disapproval.
(e) If it appears to the superintendent that the applicant has a proper
reason for carrying a handgun and is of good character and reputation
and a proper person to be so licensed, he the superintendent shall
issue to the applicant a qualified or an unlimited license to carry any
handgun lawfully possessed by the applicant. The original license shall
be delivered to the licensee. A copy shall be delivered to the officer to
whom the application for license was made. A copy shall be retained
by the superintendent for at least four (4) years. This license shall be
valid for a period of four (4) years from the date of issue. The license
of police officers, sheriffs or their deputies, and law enforcement
officers of the United States government who have been honorably
retired by a lawfully created pension board or its equivalent after
twenty (20) or more years of service, shall be valid for the life of such
individuals. However, such lifetime licenses are automatically revoked
if the license holder does not remain a proper person.
(f) A license to carry a handgun shall not be issued to any person
who:
(1) has been convicted of a felony;
(2) is under eighteen (18) years of age;
(3) is under twenty-three (23) years of age if the person has been
adjudicated a delinquent child for an act that would be a felony if
committed by an adult; or
(4) has been arrested for a Class A or Class B felony, or any other
felony that was committed while armed with a deadly weapon or
that involved the use of violence, if a court has found probable
cause to believe that the person committed the offense charged.
In the case of an arrest under subdivision (4), a license to carry a
handgun may be issued to a person who has been acquitted of the
specific offense charged or if the charges for the specific offense are
dismissed. The superintendent shall prescribe all forms to be used in
connection with the administration of this chapter.
(g) If the law enforcement agency that charges a fee under
subsection (b) is a city or town law enforcement agency, the fee shall
be deposited in the law enforcement continuing education fund
established under IC 5-2-8-2.
(h) If a person who holds a valid license to carry a handgun
issued under this chapter:
(1) changes the person's name; or
(2) changes the person's address;
the person shall, not later than sixty (60) days after the date of the
change, notify the superintendent, in writing, of the person's new
name or new address.
(i) The state police shall indicate on the form for a license to
carry a handgun the notification requirements of subsection (h).