HB2916 HFA Kelly 1-24 #1

Reed 3253

 

Delegate Kelly moves to amend the bill on page 4, after the Chapter heading, after line 54,

by inserting the following:

“ARTICLE 1. COUNTY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY.

§7-1-3tt. Authority of county homeland security emergency management personnel to carry firearm.

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the county commission may designate and authorize county personnel whose duties include homeland security emergency management to carry a handgun in the course of performing his or her official duties if the person has first successfully completed an initial firearms training course equivalent to that provided to officers attending the entry level law-enforcement certification course provided at the West Virginia State Police Academy, and thereafter, successfully completes an annual firearms qualification course equivalent to that required of certified law-enforcement officers as established by legislative rule. “

 

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