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2004 SESSION
040010324Be 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 No locality shall adopt any ordinance,
resolution or motion, as permitted by § 15.2-1425, and no agent of such
locality shall take any administrative action, governing the purchase,
possession, transfer, ownership, carrying or transporting of firearms,
ammunition, or components or combination thereof other than those expressly
authorized by statute. Neither shall any ordinance, resolution, motion or
administrative action in effect prior to July 1, 2004, which governs the
purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying or transporting of firearms,
ammunition, or components or combination thereof, be enforceable or
remain in effect on and after July 1, 2004. 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.
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.