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2003 SESSION

026003896
HOUSE BILL NO. 142
Offered January 9, 2002
Prefiled December 26, 2001
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-324.2, relating to sale of untagged black powder.
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Patron-- Purkey
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Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-324.2 as follows:

§ 18.2-324.2. Sale, etc. of untagged black powder.

Any person who sells, barters, exhibits for sale or barter, gives or furnishes, causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished or has in his possession or under his control with the intent of selling, bartering, giving or furnishing, any black powder that is used in the manufacture of explosives and has not been tagged for identification purposes is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.