SB371 HFA Miley AM 3-11 #1
Chairman Miley moves to amend the bill on page nineteen,
section six, by striking out section six in its entirety and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"§61-7-6. Exceptions as to prohibitions against carrying concealed
handguns; exemptions from licensing fees.
(a) The licensure provisions set forth in this article do not
apply to:
(1) Any person:
(A) Carrying a deadly weapon upon his or her own premises; nor
shall anything herein prevent a person from
(B) Carrying any a firearm, unloaded, from the place of
purchase to his or her home, residence or place of business or to
a place of repair and back to his or her home, residence or place
of business; nor shall anything herein prohibit a person or
_____(C) from Possessing a firearm while hunting in a lawful manner
or while traveling from his or her home, residence or place of
business to a hunting site and returning to his or her home,
residence or place of business;
(2) Any person who is a member of a properly organized
target-shooting club authorized by law to obtain firearms by
purchase or requisition from this state or from the United States
for the purpose of target practice from carrying any pistol, as defined in this article, unloaded, from his or her home, residence
or place of business to a place of target practice and from any
place of target practice back to his or her home, residence or
place of business, for using any such weapon at a place of target
practice in training and improving his or her skill in the use of
the weapons;
(3) Any law-enforcement officer or law-enforcement official as
defined in section one, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this
code;
(4) Any employee of the West Virginia Division of Corrections
duly appointed pursuant to the provisions of section five eleven-c,
article five one, chapter twenty-five twenty-eight of this code
while the employee is on duty;
(5) Any member of the armed forces of the United States or the
militia of this state while the member is on duty;
(6) Any circuit judge, including any retired circuit judge
designated senior status by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West
Virginia, prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney or
a duly appointed investigator employed by a prosecuting attorney;
(7)(6) Any resident of another state who holds a valid permit
or license to possess or carry a concealed weapon handgun issued by
a state or a political subdivision which has entered into a
reciprocity agreement with this state, subject to the provisions
and limitations set forth in section six-a of this article;
(8)(7) Any federal law-enforcement officer or federal police
officer authorized to carry a weapon in the performance of the
officer's duty; and
(9)(8) Any Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority Ranger
while the ranger is on duty; and
_____(9) Any parole officer appointed pursuant to section fourteen
article twelve, chapter sixty-two of this code in the performance
of their duties.
(b) On and after July 1, 2013, the following judicial officers
and prosecutors and staff shall be exempted from paying any
application fees or licensure fees required under this article.
However, on and after that same date, they shall be required to
make application and satisfy all licensure and handgun safety and
training requirements set forth in section four of this article
before carrying a concealed handgun in this state:
_____(1) Any justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West
Virginia;
_____(2) Any circuit judge;
_____(3) Any retired justice or retired circuit judge designated
senior status by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia;
_____(4) Any family court judge;
_____(5) Any magistrate;
_____(6) Any prosecuting attorney;
_____(7) Any assistant prosecuting attorney; or
_____(8) Any duly appointed investigator employed by a prosecuting
attorney.