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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-145.1" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Regulated Firearms">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A licensed dealer may not conduct business and store firearms at a location unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the premises on which the licensed dealer operates is equipped with security features, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>equipment capable of filming and recording video footage inside and outside buildings where firearms are stored;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at least one of the following features designed to prevent unauthorized entry installed on all exterior doors and windows of all buildings where firearms are stored:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>bars;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>security screens;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>commercial grade metal doors;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>grates; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>other physical barriers approved by the Secretary;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a burglary alarm system that is continually monitored; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>if practicable, physical barriers designed to prevent the use of motor vehicles to breach all buildings where firearms are stored; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>outside business hours, the licensed dealer locks all firearms stored on the premises in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a vault;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a safe; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a room or building that meets the requirements under item (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed dealer shall notify the Secretary within 24 hours after the dealer first has knowledge that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>there has been a burglary, attempted burglary, robbery, or theft involving a firearm or ammunition at the premises on which the licensed dealer operates or where firearms are stored; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a security feature required under subsection (a)(1) of this section has been compromised, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the failure of equipment to film and record video footage under subsection (a)(1)(i) of this section;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the failure of a feature to prevent unauthorized entry under subsection (a)(1)(ii) of this section;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the failure of a burglary alarm system to allow for monitoring under subsection (a)(1)(iii) of this section; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the failure of a physical barrier to prevent a breach, if utilized under subsection (a)(1)(iv) of this section.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection is in addition to any report made to the local law enforcement agency or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply if the equipment or alarm system became temporarily inoperable at no fault of the licensed dealer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the Secretary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for a first violation, not exceeding $250; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for a second or subsequent violation, not exceeding $1,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In addition to the penalty imposed under paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who knowingly and willfully violates this section is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for a second offense, suspension of the person’s dealer’s license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for a third or subsequent offense, revocation of the person’s dealer’s license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to determine whether a licensed dealer has met the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
