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HOUSE BILL NO. 278 Offered January 14, 2004 Prefiled January 8, 2004 A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.2-915 of the Code of Virginia, relating to control of firearms by localities. ---------- Patron-- Purkey ---------- Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15.2-915 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.2-915. Control of firearms; applicability to authorities and local governmental agencies.

From and after January 1, 1987, no A locality shall may adopt any an ordinance, resolution or motion, as permitted by § 15.2-1425, and no an authorized agent of such locality shall may take any an administrative action, governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, or carrying or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof other than those expressly authorized by statute. For purposes of this section, a statute that does not refer to firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, shall not be construed to provide express authorization.into any buildings owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes.

Nothing in this section shall affect the validity or invalidity of any ordinance, resolution or motion adopted prior to January 1, 1987. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a locality from adopting workplace rules relating to terms and conditions of employment of the workforce. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101 from acting within the scope of his duties. No person may be prosecuted or convicted of a violation of any ordinance regulating the possession, carrying, or transportation of a firearm if he is (i) possessing, carrying, or transporting the firearm without violating any provision of Title 18.2 and he has a valid concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to § 18.2-308 or (ii) otherwise transporting the firearm in a lawful manner.

The provisions of this section applicable to a locality shall also apply to any authority or to a local governmental entity, including a department or agency, but not including any local or regional jail or juvenile detention facility.