Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 109, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, page 469, after line 8, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/109.__. (DOR: Gun Safety Surcharge) There shall be charged, and the Department of Revenue shall collect, a surcharge equal to fifty percent of the gross proceeds derived from the sale of firearms other than assault rifles and equal to seventy-five percent of the gross proceeds derived from the sale of assault rifles, imposed upon every person selling firearms within this State. The funds collected pursuant to this proviso shall be deposited in a fund separate and distinct from the general fund to be known as the School Safety Fund. The Department of Education shall award grants from the fund to school districts to enhance school safety measures within the district. School safety measures may include, but are not limited to, metal detectors, checkpoints, school resource officers, and the like. For the purposes of this proviso, "firearm" means a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, or assault rifle that is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive but does not include an antique firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(16).For the purposes of this proviso, "assault rifle" means a rapid-fire, magazine-fed semiautomatic rifle designed for military use./
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