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2006 SESSION
063896304Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-287.01 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-287.01. Carrying weapon in air carrier airport terminal.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person
to possess or transport into any urban air
carrier airport terminal in the Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon
designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame,
receiver, muffler, silencer, or missile,
projectile or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon,
and (iii) any other dangerous weapon, including explosives, tasers, stun
weapons and those weapons specified in subsection A of § 18.2-308. Any such
weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of
this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any weapon possessed or
transported in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth
and disposed of as provided in subsection A of § 18.2-308.
B. The provisions of this section
shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or
official, or game warden, or conservator of the peace employed
by the air carrier airport, or person with a valid concealed handgun permit
issued pursuant to § 18.2-308, nor
shall the provisions of this section apply to any passenger of an airline who,
to the extent otherwise permitted by law, transports a lawful firearm, weapon,
or ammunition into or out of an air carrier airport terminal for the sole
purposes, respectively, of (i) presenting such firearm, weapon, or ammunition
to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an international flight, in order to
comply with federal law, (ii) checking such firearm, weapon, or ammunition with
his luggage, or (iii) retrieving such firearm, weapon, or ammunition from the
baggage claim area.
C. Any other statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance specifically addressing the possession or transportation of weapons in any airport in the Commonwealth shall be invalid, and this section shall control.
D. For purposes of this section, an urban air carrier airport terminal means any air carrier airport terminal at Dulles International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Richmond International Airport, or Norfolk International Airport.