FISCAL
NOTE
WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
By
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to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then the Judiciary.
A BILL to amend and
reenact §17A-6-25 of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting inspectors working within
the Division of Dealer Services of the Division of Motor Vehicles to carry a
concealed weapon on duty.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
That §17A-6-25 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. LICENSING OF
DEALERS AND WRECKERS OR DISMANTLERS; SPECIAL PLATES; TEMPORARY PLATES OR
MARKERS.
§17A-6-25. Inspections; authorizing
inspectors carry a concealed weapon; violations and penalties.
(a) The commissioner and
all law-enforcement officers of the state, acting at the commissioner's
request, are hereby authorized to inspect the place of business, vehicles and
pertinent records, documents and papers of any person required to be licensed
under the provisions of this article to the extent deemed reasonably necessary
to determine compliance with and violations of this article. For the purpose of
making any such inspection, the commissioner and such law-enforcement officers
are authorized, at reasonable times, to enter in and upon any such place of
business and any other public garage or enclosure where vehicles are sold,
stored, hired or repaired.
(b) Notwithstanding any
provision of this code to the contrary, inspectors working for the Division of
Dealer Services within the Division of Motor Vehicles may carry a concealed
weapon while on duty: Provided, That
inspectors possess a valid concealed weapons permit pursuant to section four,
article seven, chapter sixty-one of this code.
(b) (c) Any person who shall violate any provision
of this article or any final order of the commissioner or board hereunder shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, the provisions of article eleven of this
chapter governing violations of this chapter generally shall be fully
applicable thereto.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to permit inspectors working within the Division of Dealer Services of the Division
of Motor Vehicles to carry a concealed weapon on duty.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.