SB369 H JUD AMT 4-10 #1

    The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

    Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 369 –- “A bill to amend and reenact §61-7-6 and §61-7-6a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to exemptions and exceptions for West Virginia conceal and carry handgun license requirements; allowing a resident of another state to carry a handgun in West Virginia if the nonresident person holds a valid permit or license to possess or carry a handgun from another state when certain conditions are met; establishing a precondition that West Virginia residents with a West Virginia issued conceal and carry permit must be authorized to carry a concealed handgun in that other state; removing or modifying other concealed handgun reciprocity requirements; prescribing methods of verification of reciprocal conceal and carry handgun rights between West Virginia and another state; clarifying or modifying reciprocity requirements and responsibilities of the Attorney General and the State Police; exempting judicial officers, magistrates, prosecutors, assistant prosecutors and investigators employed by prosecutors staff from paying handgun conceal and carry license fees when applying for a conceal and carry permit in this state; requiring the judicial officers, magistrates, prosecutors, assistant prosecutors and investigators employed by prosecutors to satisfy all other licensing requirements and possess a conceal and carry license before carrying a concealed handgun in this state on and after July 1, 2013; removing exemption from remaining conceal and carry licensing requirements for judicial officers, prosecutors and prosecutor investigators as of July 1, 2013; and amending provisions of bill consistent with other legislative action.”