HB2770 HFAT SUMMERS 4-10

Casto 3264

Delegate Summers moved to amend the House title amendment by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2770—A Bill to amend and reenact §15A-7-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §49-4-719 of said code; to amend and reenact §61-7-11a of said code; to amend and reenact §62-11B-7a of said code; to amend and reenact §62-12-5, of said code and to amend and reenact §62-12-6 of said code, all relating generally to additional persons qualifying for the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act; clarifying that home incarceration supervisors, state adult probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and state parole officers are, by virtue of their duties, qualified law enforcement officers who may carry a concealed firearm nationwide, as authorized by the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act; exempting certain persons from prohibition for carrying deadly weapons on the premises of educational facilities; providing the statutory authority to give home incarceration supervisors, state probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and parole officers the option to carry firearms pursuant to applicable federal law; requiring annual firearm training pursuant to federal law; removing inconsistent language relating to probation officers; clarifying that supervisory entities retain sole discretion as to authorizing participation of qualified officers in such program; providing for training to enable home incarceration supervisors, state probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and state parole officers to fully qualify as law enforcement officers if they have not previously done so; and setting forth the duties of supervising authorities as to participation of home incarceration supervisors, state probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and state parole officers.

Adopted

Rejected