General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5539
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2671
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS IN STATE PARKS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall permit any person who holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 of the general statutes or a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p of the general statutes to carry a firearm in any state park.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To permit persons to carry firearms in state parks.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]