The Judiciary Committee heard testimony Feb. 23 on a bill that would increase fees for obtaining a handgun.<\/p>\n
LB658, introduced by Wilber Sen. Russ Karpisek, would increase the application fee for obtaining a handgun certificate from $5 to $10.<\/p>\n
The fee was adjusted last in 1991, Karpisek said, and no longer covers the cost of issuing a certificate. State funding for counties and cities is being cut and the fee increase would offset some of their costs, he added.<\/p>\n
Captain Todd Duncan of the Lancaster County Sheriff\u2019s Office testified in support of the bill.<\/p>\n
He said the county receives approximately 2,200 handgun applications per year.<\/p>\n
The current $5 fee is far less than the costs incurred for the application background check, Duncan said, which cost $15 on average.<\/p>\n
The committee took no immediate action on the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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