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1994 SESSION

LD3427112
HOUSE BILL NO. 650
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Militia and Police
on February 10, 1994)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Almand)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 11.1 of Title 59.1 a section numbered 59.1-148.4, relating to sale of firearms by law-enforcement agency.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 11.1 of Title 59.1 a section numbered 59.1-148.4 as follows:

§ 59.1-148.4. Sale of firearms by law-enforcement agencies prohibited; exception.

A law-enforcement agency of this Commonwealth shall not sell or trade any firearm owned and used or otherwise lawfully in its possession except (i) to another law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, (ii) to a licensed firearms dealer, (iii) to a retired law-enforcement officer as provided in § 59.1-148.3 or (iv) as authorized by a court in accordance with § 18.2-310.