"AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS. "

Strike lines 1 to 18, inclusive, in their entirety and substitute the following in lieu thereof:

"Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2006) (a) Any person who possesses a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3 of the general statutes, that is stolen from such person or that such person loses shall report such theft or loss to the organized local police department for the town in which the theft or loss occurred or, if such town does not have an organized local police department, to the state police troop having jurisdiction for such town, not later than seventy-two hours after such person knew or should have known of such theft or loss. Such department or troop shall forthwith forward a copy of such report to the Commissioner of Public Safety.

(b) Any person who fails to make a report required by subsection (a) of this section within the prescribed time period shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, except that, if such person intentionally fails to make such report within the prescribed time period, such person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class D felony for any subsequent offense.

Sec. 2. Section 53-202g of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective October 1, 2006)"