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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Allow Persons with Valid Concealed Firearms Permits To Carry Concealed Firearms in the State House and the Burton M. Cross Building and Their Parking Areas and Walkways’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  25 MRSA §2007  is enacted to read:
§ 2007. Concealed firearms in State House and Burton M. Cross Building
 
1.  Carrying concealed firearms.     Notwithstanding section 2904, a person to whom a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm has been issued as provided in this chapter may carry a concealed firearm in the State House and the Burton M. Cross Building, in the parking areas adjacent to the 2 buildings and on the walkways between the 2 buildings and between the parking areas and the 2 buildings.
 
2.  Report to Capitol Police.    Upon entering the State House or the Burton M. Cross Building, a person who carries a concealed firearm as authorized under subsection 1 shall immediately report to the Capitol Police and sign the person's name in a logbook maintained by the Capitol Police.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and is the majority report of the committee. The amendment provides that a person to whom a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm has been issued may carry a concealed firearm in the State House, the Burton M. Cross Building and the parking areas adjacent to the 2 buildings and on the walkways between the buildings and between the parking areas and the buildings. Upon entering the State House or the Burton M. Cross Building, a person who is carrying a concealed firearm is required to immediately report to the Capitol Police and sign the person's name in a logbook maintained by the Capitol Police. This is the same procedure that the Capitol Police currently follow for law enforcement officers who carry their firearms in the State House.