Bill Text: WV SB306 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring prosecuting attorneys who carry concealed firearm receive nationwide certification
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-27 - To Judiciary [SB306 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2011-SB306-Introduced.html
A BILL to amend and reenact §7-4-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring prosecuting attorneys who elect to carry a concealed firearm to receive certification to carry a concealed firearm nationwide as provided in the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004.
§7-4-1. Duties of prosecuting attorney; further duties upon request of Attorney General.
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(b) Any prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney who elects to carry a concealed firearm pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, 18 U.S.C. §926B, shall undergo annual firearms training and certification established by the sheriff's department of his or her county, similar to that which is provided to members of the sheriff's department eligible for training and certification under 18 U.S.C. §926B, and which shall reasonably accommodate any physical disability of the trainee. Any prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney who elects to undergo training and certification pursuant to this subsection shall provide, at his or her own expense, a suitable firearm and any ammunition actually expended in training and certification pursuant to this subsection. Upon completion of training and certification pursuant to this subsection, each prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney shall be issued a photographic identification and certification card, suitable to be carried in a wallet, valid for one year, which shall contain the name, title, official address, full-face color photograph of said prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney, the sheriff's signature, the expiration date, the words "qualified law-enforcement officer under 18 U.S.C. §926B" in conspicuous type and shall indicate completion of periodic training consistent with this subsection and 18 U.S.C. §926B. Prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys shall have all the rights and authorities necessary in order to comply with 18 U.S.C. §926B and receive the rights, benefits, privileges and immunities conferred under 18 U.S.C. §926B. This subsection is supplemental and additional to existing rights to bear arms, and nothing in this subsection shall impair or diminish such rights.
(c)
(d) Upon the request of the Attorney General, the prosecuting attorney shall make a written report of the state and condition of
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require prosecuting attorneys, who elect to carry a concealed firearm, to receive certification to carry a concealed firearm nationwide as provided in the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.