Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB353%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=353
Timestamp: 2018-04-23 06:03:38
Document Index: 111498227

Matched Legal Cases: ['§61', '§61', '§61', '§61', '§61', '§61']

(Senators Unger, Kessler (Mr. President), Browning, Laird, Klempa and Snyder, original sponsors)
AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-7-2, §61-7-4 and §61-7-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to possession of firearms generally; clarifying what constitutes carrying a handgun concealed in or on a motor vehicle; procedures for obtaining a license to carry a concealed handgun; providing application requirements; requiring investigations of applicants through a national criminal background check system and the West Virginia database; providing definitions; prohibiting certain persons from possessing or receiving firearms; providing exceptions; allowing licenses to be transferable within the state; requiring reporting of new address; and penalties.
That §61-7-2, §61-7-4 and §61-7-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(3) "Knife" means an instrument, intended to be used or readily adaptable to be used as a weapon, consisting of a sharp-edged or sharp-pointed blade, usually made of steel, attached to a handle which is capable of inflicting cutting, stabbing or tearing wounds. The term "knife" shall include, but not be limited to, any dagger, dirk, poniard or stiletto, with a blade over three and one-half inches in length, any switchblade knife or gravity knife and any other instrument capable of inflicting cutting, stabbing or tearing wounds. A pocket knife with a blade three and one-half inches or less in length, a hunting or fishing knife carried for hunting, fishing, sports or other recreational uses or a knife designed for use as a tool or household implement shall not be included within the term "knife" as defined herein unless such knife is knowingly used or intended to be used to produce serious bodily injury or death.
(4) "Switchblade knife" means any knife having a spring-operated blade which opens automatically upon pressure being applied to a button, catch or other releasing device in its handle.
(9) "Deadly weapon" means an instrument which is designed to be used to produce serious bodily injury or death or is readily adaptable to such use. The term "deadly weapon" shall include, but not be limited to, the instruments defined in subdivisions (1) through (8), inclusive, of this section or other deadly weapons of like kind or character which may be easily concealed on or about the person. For the purposes of section one-a, article five, chapter eighteen-a of this code and section eleven-a, article seven of this chapter, in addition to the definition of “knife” set forth in subdivision (3) of this section, the term “deadly weapon” also includes any instrument included within the definition of “knife” with a blade of three and one-half inches or less in length. Additionally, for the purposes of section one-a, article five, chapter eighteen-a of this code and section eleven-a, article seven of this chapter, the term “deadly weapon” includes explosive, chemical, biological and radiological materials. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the term “deadly weapon” does not include any item or material owned by the school or county board, intended for curricular use, and used by the student at the time of the alleged offense solely for curricular purposes.
(11) “Firearm” means any weapon which will expel a projectile by action of an explosion.
(c) $60 of the application fee and any fees for replacement of lost or stolen licenses received by the sheriff shall be deposited by the sheriff into a Concealed Weapons License Administration Fund. The fund shall be administered by the sheriff and shall take the form of an interest-bearing account with any interest earned to be compounded to the fund. Any funds deposited in this Concealed Weapon License Administration Fund are to be expended by the sheriff to pay for the costs associated with issuing concealed weapons licenses. Any surplus in the fund on hand at the end of each fiscal year may be expended for other law-enforcement purposes or operating needs of the sheriff’s office, as the sheriff may consider appropriate.