HB4187 HFA Shott and Byrd 2-26 #1

Casto 3264

Delegates Shott and Byrd move to amend the bill on page four, section fourteen, after line  eighty-one, by inserting a new paragraph, designated paragraph five, to read as follows:

“(5) The prohibitions of subsection (d) of this section do not apply to property owned or leased by a chemical manufacturer or oil and gas refiner on which the primary business conducted is the manufacture, use, storage, or transportation of hazardous, combustible, or explosive materials, and which property: 

(i) Contains the physical plant;

(ii) Is not open to the public;

(iii)  Is secured by a fence or other barrier;

(iv) Access is restricted through the use of a gate, security station or other means which is constantly monitored by security personnel; and

(v) Where the employer provides alternative parking reasonably close to the primary parking area at no additional cost to those employees who transport or store firearms in their locked vehicles.”