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Amending Chapter 10-800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new section entitled "Reporting Requirements Upon the Application for or Renewal of a License to Carry a Firearm" to provide for certain reporting requirements for the issuance or renewal of licenses to carry firearms within the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10-800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety" is amended by adding a new section 10-830a to read as follows:
§10-830a. Reporting Requirements Upon the Application for or Renewal of a License to Carry a Firearm.
(1) Definitions.
(a) Application. An application for a license to carry a firearm concealed in a vehicle or on or about the person of an individual as described in 18 P.C.S.A. § 6109.
(b) Firearm. Any weapon which is designed to or may readily be converted to expel any projectile by the action of an explosive or the frame or receiver of any such weapon.
(2) Reporting Requirements.
(a) The Police Department shall require an applicant to provide the following information in a form designed by the Police Department:
(1) The name, address, occupation, place of birth of the applicant, date and hour of the application, the caliber, length of barrel, make, model and manufacturer's number of and type of all guns at the home, business or any other property leased, owned by the applicant or under the control or access of the applicant, at the time of the application.
(b) The information set forth in subsection (2)(a)(1) shall be provided to the Police Department in a form designed by the Police Department, every year, within sixty (60) days from the anniversary of the original date of application for a license to carry a firearm concealed in a vehicle or on or about the person.
(1) If the applicant no longer owns the firearm, the applicant shall update the inf...
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