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13104486D
SENATE BILL NO. 786
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Senator Marsden
on January 24, 2013)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Marsden)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-309.1, relating to reports of lost or stolen firearms; duty of law enforcement.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-309.1 as follows:

§ 18.2-309.1. Lost or stolen firearms; duty of law enforcement.

Whenever a person reports the theft or loss of a firearm as defined in § 18.2-433.1 to the Department of State Police, any police department or sheriff's office, the officer or department receiving such report shall enter, to the extent such information is known by the officer or department, the appropriate information required by the Department of State Police, into the "information system" known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department of State Police and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.