1994-02-14                     House Journal                      Page 2377
HB 480                                                                       
HOUSE BILL NO. 480 by Representative Sanders, entitled:                        
                                                                               
"An Act relating to sales and attempted sales of handguns;                    
requiring the Department of Public Safety to issue driver's licenses           
and identification cards with a magnetic strip encoded with                    
information as to whether the subject of the license or card has               
been adjudicated mentally incompetent within the previous five                 
years or has been convicted of a felony; requiring the Department              
of Public Safety to develop a computerized data base of felons and             
persons adjudicated mentally incompetent; providing that federally             
licensed firearms dealers must use a magnetic card reader to                   
determine if the subject of the license or card is eligible to                 
purchase a firearm; providing criminal penalties relating to                   
magnetic reader strips; providing for the seizure of driver's                  
licenses and identification cards by the court upon conviction of              
a felony or adjudication as mentally incompetent; and providing                
for an effective date."                                                        
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs, Judiciary and       
Finance Committees.