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1996 SESSION

965865297
HOUSE BILL NO. 175
Offered January 10, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-283.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to carrying weapons into certain local facilities; penalty.
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Patrons-- Hull, Almand, Christian, Connally, Cunningham, Darner, Jones, D.C., Jones, J.C., Keating, Moran, Plum, Puller, Robinson, Scott, Spruill and Watts
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Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-283.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-283.1. Carrying weapon into courthouse or other local facility.

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess in or transport into any courthouse or local facility in this Commonwealth any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind, (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, 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, and upon the person's conviction, the weapon seized shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in subsection A of § 18.2-308.

For purposes of this section, "local facility" means any building or part of a building that is owned, leased or managed by a county, city or town.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff, law-enforcement agent or official, game warden, conservator of the peace, magistrate, court officer, or judge while in the conduct of such person's official duties.