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2010 SESSION
10100913DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-915.5 as follows:
§ 15.2-915.5. Disposition of firearms acquired by localities.
A. No locality or agent of such locality may participate in any program in which individuals are given a thing of value provided by another individual or other entity in exchange for surrendering a firearm to the locality or agent of such locality unless the governing body of the locality has enacted an ordinance, pursuant to § 15.2-1425, authorizing the participation of the locality or agent of such locality in such program.
B. Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section shall
require that any firearm received, except a firearm of the type defined in §
18.2-288 or 18.2-299, shall be offered for sale by public auction or sealed
bids to a person licensed as a dealer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (§ 921 et seq.)
[ or be disposed of in any other appropriate manner ] . Notice
of the date, time, and place of sale shall be given by advertisement in at
least two newspapers published and having general circulation in the
Commonwealth, at least one of which shall have general circulation in the
locality in which the property to be sold is located. At least 30 days shall
elapse between publication of the notice and the auction or the date on which
sealed bids will be opened. Any firearm remaining in possession of the locality
or agent of the locality after attempts to sell at public auction or by sealed
bids shall be disposed of in an appropriate manner.