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Timestamp: 2018-04-26 10:46:47
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(By Delegates Barker, Eldridge, Varner,
Boggs, Talbott, Argento and Butcher)
A BILL to amend and reenact §61-7-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-7-6a, all relating to dangerous weapons; exceptions to prohibition; and modifying the method of establishing reciprocity between states regarding handgun permits.
That §61-7-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-7-6a, all to read as follows:
(7) Any resident of another state who has been issued a license to carry a concealed weapon by a state or a political subdivision which has entered into a reciprocity agreement with this state. The governor may execute reciprocity agreements on behalf of the state of West Virginia with states or political subdivisions which have similar gun permitting laws and which recognize and honor West Virginia licenses issued pursuant to section four of this article;
§61-7-6a. Reciprocity; out-of-state concealed handgun permits.
(a) A valid concealed handgun permit or license issued by another state is valid in West Virginia if that state grants the same right to residents of West Virginia who have valid concealed handgun permits issued pursuant to this article in their possession while carrying concealed weapons in that state.
(b) The Attorney General shall maintain a registry of states that meet the requirements of this section on the West Virginia criminal information network and make the registry available to law-enforcement officers for investigative purposes.
(c) Every twelve months after the effective date of this section, the Attorney General shall make written inquiry of the concealed handgun permitting authorities in each other state as to: (i)Whether a West Virginia resident may carry a concealed handgun in their state based upon having a valid West Virginia concealed handgun permit; and (ii) whether a West Virginia resident may apply for a concealed handgun in that state based upon having a valid West Virginia concealed handgun permit. The Attorney General shall attempt to secure from each state permission for West Virginia residents who hold a valid West Virginia concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun in that state, either on the basis of the West Virginia permit or on the basis that the West Virginia permit is sufficient to permit issuance of a similar license or permit by the other state.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to simplify and make more efficient the reciprocity process between states regarding concealed handgun permits.
§61-7-6a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.