Separate the CT permit process from FBI operations Proposal

Sec. 29-29. Information concerning criminal records of applicants for permits. (a) No temporary state permit for carrying any pistol or revolver shall be issued under the provisions of section 29-28, as amended by this act, unless the applicant for the same gives to the local authority, upon its request, full information concerning the applicant's criminal record, and such local authority shall thereupon take a full description of such applicant and make an investigation concerning the applicant's suitability to carry any such weapons. The local authority shall take the fingerprints of such applicant unless the local authority determines that the fingerprints of such applicant have been previously taken and the applicant's identity established, and such applicant presents identification that the local authority verifies as valid. The local authority shall record the date the fingerprints were taken in the applicant's file and, within five business days of such date, shall forward such fingerprints to the Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall forward them to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.  [ The local authority may, in its discretion, issue a temporary state permit before a national criminal history records check relative to such applicant's record has been received. ] Upon receipt of the results of such national criminal history records check, the commissioner shall send a copy of the results of such national criminal history records check to the local authority [ which shall inform the applicant and render a decision on the application within one week of the receipt of such results. If such results have not been received within eight weeks after a sufficient application for a permit has been made, the local authority shall inform the applicant of such delay, in writing ]. No temporary state permit shall be issued if the local authority has reason to believe the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, or that any other condition exists for which the issuance of a permit for possession of a Pistol or revolver is prohibited under state or federal law. (b) The commissioner may investigate any applicant for a state permit and shall investigate each applicant for renewal of a state permit to ensure that such applicant is eligible under state law for such permit or for renewal of such permit. [ (c) No state permit may be issued unless either the local authority or the commissioner has received the results of the national criminal history records check.]