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H. B. 2917


(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss (By Request),

and Delegates Kominar, H. White and Cann)

[Introduced March 20, 2001 ; referred to the

Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section six, article fourteen, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to allowing Hatfield and McCoy recreation area rangers to carry guns.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section six, article fourteen, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 14. HATFIELD-MCCOY REGIONAL RECREATION AUTHORITY.

§20-14-6. Hatfield-McCoy recreation area rangers.

The board is hereby authorized to appoint bona fide residents of this state to act as Hatfield-McCoy recreation area rangers upon any premises which are part of the Hatfield-McCoy recreation area,
subject to the conditions and restrictions imposed by this section. Before performing the duties of ranger, each appointed person shall qualify for the position of ranger in the same manner as is required of county officers by the taking and filing of an oath of office as required by section one, article one, chapter six of this code and by posting an official bond as required by section one, article two, chapter six of this code. No ranger may carry a gun or other dangerous weapon.
It is the duty of any person appointed and qualified to preserve law and order on any premises which are part of the Hatfield-McCoy recreation area, the immediately adjacent property of landowners who are making land available for public use under agreement with the authority, and on streets, highways or other public lands utilized by the trails, parking areas or related recreational facilities, and other immediately adjacent public lands. For this purpose, the ranger shall be is considered to be a law-enforcement officer in accordance with the provisions of section one, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code, and, as to offenses committed within those areas, have and may exercise all the powers and authority and are subject to all the requirements and responsibilities of a law-enforcement officer as
well as being authorized to carry firearms upon proper training. The assignment of rangers to the duties authorized by this section may not supersede in any way the authority or duty of other peace officers to preserve law and order on those premises.
The salary of all rangers shall be paid by the board. The board shall furnish each ranger with an official uniform to be worn while on duty and shall furnish and require each ranger while on duty to wear a shield with an appropriate inscription and to carry credentials certifying the person's identity and authority as a ranger.

The board may at its pleasure revoke the authority of any ranger. The executive director shall report the termination of employment of a ranger by filing a notice to that effect in the office of the clerk of each county in which the ranger's oath of office was filed, and in the case of a ranger licensed to carry a gun or other dangerous weapon, by notifying the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the license for the gun or other dangerous weapon was granted.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize Hatfield and McCoy recreation area rangers to carry firearms.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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