Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that amends laws governing the disposition of forfeited firearms in the state of Maine.

Highlights:

• Requires that every firearm used by a juvenile or an accomplice during the course of conduct for which the juvenile has been adjusted for a crime that would have been forfeited if the criminal conduct had been committed by an adult be forfeited to the State (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that once forfeited to the state the juvenile court shall order another person to satisfy the court prior to the dispositional hearing and by a preponderance of evidence that the other person was the rightful owner of the firearm which was stolen (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits a court from ordering the forfeiture of a firearm otherwise qualifying for forfeited  prior to the imposition of the person’s sentence (Sec. 3). 

• Authorizes a person to satisfy the court by a preponderance of evidence that the other person, at the time of the commission of the crime, was the rightful owner from whom the firearm has been stolen and the other person was not a principal or accomplice in the commision of the crime (Sec. 3). 

• Establishes that the Attorney General may adopt rules governing the disposition to state, county, and municipal agencies of firearms forfeited (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that if a firearm that is forfeited does not meet the prohibition from forfeiture it must be destroyed (Sec. 4). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that amends laws governing the disposition of forfeited firearms in the state of Maine.

Highlights:

• Requires that every firearm used by a juvenile or an accomplice during the course of conduct for which the juvenile has been adjusted for a crime that would have been forfeited if the criminal conduct had been committed by an adult be forfeited to the State (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that once forfeited to the state the juvenile court shall order another person to satisfy the court prior to the dispositional hearing and by a preponderance of evidence that the other person was the rightful owner of the firearm which was stolen (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits a court from ordering the forfeiture of a firearm otherwise qualifying for forfeited  prior to the imposition of the person’s sentence (Sec. 3). 

• Authorizes a person to satisfy the court by a preponderance of evidence that the other person, at the time of the commission of the crime, was the rightful owner from whom the firearm has been stolen and the other person was not a principal or accomplice in the commision of the crime (Sec. 3). 

• Establishes that the Attorney General may adopt rules governing the disposition to state, county, and municipal agencies of firearms forfeited (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that if a firearm that is forfeited does not meet the prohibition from forfeiture it must be destroyed (Sec. 4). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends laws governing the disposition of forfeited firearms in the state of Maine.

Highlights:

• Requires that every firearm used by a juvenile or an accomplice during the course of conduct for which the juvenile has been adjusted for a crime that would have been forfeited if the criminal conduct had been committed by an adult be forfeited to the State (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that once forfeited to the state the juvenile court shall order another person to satisfy the court prior to the dispositional hearing and by a preponderance of evidence that the other person was the rightful owner of the firearm which was stolen (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits a court from ordering the forfeiture of a firearm otherwise qualifying for forfeited  prior to the imposition of the person’s sentence (Sec. 3). 

• Authorizes a person to satisfy the court by a preponderance of evidence that the other person, at the time of the commission of the crime, was the rightful owner from whom the firearm has been stolen and the other person was not a principal or accomplice in the commision of the crime (Sec. 3). 

• Establishes that the Attorney General may adopt rules governing the disposition to state, county, and municipal agencies of firearms forfeited (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that if a firearm that is forfeited does not meet the prohibition from forfeiture it must be destroyed (Sec. 4). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends laws governing the disposition of forfeited firearms in the state of Maine.

Highlights:

• Requires that every firearm used by a juvenile or an accomplice during the course of conduct for which the juvenile has been adjusted for a crime that would have been forfeited if the criminal conduct had been committed by an adult be forfeited to the State (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that once forfeited to the state the juvenile court shall order another person to satisfy the court prior to the dispositional hearing and by a preponderance of evidence that the other person was the rightful owner of the firearm which was stolen (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits a court from ordering the forfeiture of a firearm otherwise qualifying for forfeited  prior to the imposition of the person’s sentence (Sec. 3). 

• Authorizes a person to satisfy the court by a preponderance of evidence that the other person, at the time of the commission of the crime, was the rightful owner from whom the firearm has been stolen and the other person was not a principal or accomplice in the commision of the crime (Sec. 3). 

• Establishes that the Attorney General may adopt rules governing the disposition to state, county, and municipal agencies of firearms forfeited (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that if a firearm that is forfeited does not meet the prohibition from forfeiture it must be destroyed (Sec. 4). 

Full Bill Text