HB2770 HFAT Summers 4-7 AMENDED

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

Eng. House Bill No. 2770 -- H. B. 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, and to amend and reenact §62-12-5 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 probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and state parole officers are 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 federal law; requiring annual firearm training pursuant to federal law; clarifying that supervisory entities retain sole discretion as to authorizing participation of qualified officers in such program; providing findings delineating the rationale by which home incarceration supervisors, state probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and parole officers are to be considered as law enforcement officers; 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