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WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4820

By Delegate Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Miley

[Introduced February 11, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Government Organization]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-3-35a; relating to inventory of firearms owned by state agencies; providing for exempted agencies of the requirements of the purchasing division be required to submit to the director an inventory of all firearms owned by the agency; providing that an agency is not exempt from a limited number of sections relating to inventory; providing that agencies exempt from the requirements of the purchasing division be required to comply with certain sections for a limited purpose;  providing that all agencies currently exempt from the requirement of the purchasing division remain exempt from the requirements; and providing for an effective date.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


Article 3. Purchasing division.

§5A-3-35a. Exempt agencies are required to submit annual inventories of firearms.

(a) Any agency exempted from the provisions of this article in §5-16-9, §5-16B-5, §5A-1-8, §5A-3-1, §5A-3-3, §5A-3-3a, §5A-3-3b, §5A-3-3c, §5A-3-47, §5B-1-1a, §5B-21-4, §8-22-18a, §9-2-9a, §9-5-15, §12-3A-3, §12-5-7, §12-6-4, §12-6C-7, §15-2D-3, §15A-3-14, §16-29G-3, §17-16A-13, §20-1-7, §22C-1-6, §23-1-1f, §23-1-1g, §23-2C-3, §29-12-8, §29-18-6, §29-22A-19, §31A-8A-8, §33-2-9, §33-2-21a, §33-20E-7, or §51-1-17 of this code is not exempt from this section, §5A-3-34, §5A-3-35, and §5A-3-36 of this code and shall submit to the director an annual inventory of firearms owned by the agency. If any agency does not own any firearms, the agency shall submit an annual inventory to the director indicating that the agency does not own firearms.

(b) All agencies currently exempt from the requirements of this article shall remain exempt except for the limited purpose of submitting to the director an inventory of the firearms owned by the agency.

(c) The requirements in this section, §5A-3-34, §5A-3-35, and §5A-3-36 shall take effect on July 1, 2020. The director shall communicate with agencies to ensure timely and accurate inventory reporting of firearms owned by the agency.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require state agencies that are exempt from the requirements of the purchasing division comply with certain sections for the limited purpose of inventory reporting of firearms owned by the agency to the director of the purchasing division.

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

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