SDLRC - 2020 House Bill 1138 - SD Legislature establish shooting course requirements for current or former law enforcement officers seeking an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol.

ENTITLED An Act to establish shooting course requirements for current or former law enforcement officers seeking an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That   23-7-53 be AMENDED:

23-7-53. Optional enhanced permit to carry concealed pistol--Contents of application.

An applicant may submit an application to the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides for an optional enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol. The application shall include:

(1) The application for the optional enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol;

(2) A copy of the applicant's fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any governmental agency or entity authorized to receive such information, for a state, national, and international criminal history background check;

(3) An authorization to run a fingerprint background check;

(4) A separate payment for the cost of processing the fingerprint background check and, if the sheriff takes the fingerprints, the sheriff shall secure the fingerprints at no additional charge to the applicant;

(5) A separate application fee of one hundred dollars for the optional permit to carry a concealed pistol which shall be distributed fifty percent to the sheriff and fifty percent to the secretary of state to be used by the secretary of state to administer the concealed carry program; and

(6) Proof that the applicant:

(a) Has successfully completed a qualifying handgun course as defined in    23-7-58, within the preceding twelve months; or

(b) Is a current or former law enforcement officer and has, within the preceding twelve months, qualified or requalified on a certified shooting course administered by a firearms instructor approved by the Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission.

The sheriff shall forward the copy of the applicant's fingerprints, the applicant's authorization for processing a fingerprint background check, and the payment for the fingerprint background check to the Division of Criminal Investigation for processing.

An Act to establish shooting course requirements for current or former law enforcement officers seeking an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: House as Bill No. 1138 Chief Clerk Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1138 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2020 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2020 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2020 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State