Gov. Eloy S. Inos signed into law a bill that reduces the shooting range liability insurance from the original $5 million approved 10 months ago to $1 million. <\/p>\n
Rep. Christopher Leon Guerrero (Ind-Saipan), author of the bill, said with the small size of the local insurance market, the maximum liability insurance available for shooting galleries and shooting ranges in the CNMI is only $1 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current law imposes a requirement that is impossible to meet. The insurance requirement needs to be adjusted in order to require an amount of insurance that is available to the Commonwealth,\u201d Leon Guerrero said.<\/p>\n
His House Bill 18-153, Senate Draft 1 is now Public Law 18-61.<\/p>\n
Under the law, \u201cshooting range\u201d means a major development, with a minimum aggregate capital investment of $250,000 in the CNMI, where amenities shall include at a minimum, a restaurant, retail shop, office spaces, recreational facilities, target and range facilities for rifle and hand gun competition and other requirements consistent with hosting major international shooting competitions. <\/p>\n
The new law also says a patron and guest at a shooting range may use a rifle, shotgun, archery or target range equipment, and any caliber of ammunition approved for competitive use as specifically authorized by regulation by the Department of Public Safety. <\/p>\n
The use of any firearm, weapon, ammunition, archery, and target range equipment off the shooting range premises is prohibited, except for purposes that DPS ordered for safety purposes.<\/p>\n
No person, corporation, business or entity may operate or engage in the business of shooting gallery or shooting range unless they have received a shooting gallery or shooting range license from the Department of Public Safety, and a general business license from the Department of Finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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