randian
Regular Member
What penalty does the law specify if they don't? My bet is none, it's a toothless mandate.They MUST issue the permit in a timely manner as the law requires them to do.
You may recall Florida had the same problem with cities and counties enacting anti-gun ordinances in violation of its preemption statute, which had no penalty for disobedience. If you got arrested under a preempted ordinance you could prove it to the judge and walk away with a dismissal, but you were still going to be out money in legal fees to prove it. Last year the legislature got sufficiently annoyed and put real fines in the preemption ordinance, including fines to be paid personally by recalcitrant officials (no reimbursement shenanigans either) should they keep ignoring the legislature. They whined about how horrid and unconstitutional it was to force them to obey the law, but cities across the state nevertheless have repealed their ordinances.