12102679D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1052
Offered January 11, 2012
Prefiled January 11, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-287.01 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to carrying weapons in air carrier airport terminals;
removes prohibition against carrying certain weapons.
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Patron-- Anderson
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-287.01 of the Code of Virginia is
amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-287.01. Carrying explosives in air carrier airport
terminal.
It shall be
unlawful for any A. Any person to
possess who possesses or
transport transports into any air carrier
airport terminal in the 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, stun weapons as defined in §18.2-308.1, and
those weapons specified in subsection A of §18.2-308 is guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor. Any such weapon Such explosives shall be
subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer. A violation of this section is punishable as a
Class 1 misdemeanor. Any weapon
possessed or transported in violation of this section and shall be forfeited to the
Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in subsection A of §18.2-308 §19.2-386.29.
B. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any police officer, sheriff,
law-enforcement agent or official, or conservation police officer, or
conservator of the peace employed by the air carrier airport, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to
any passenger of an airline who, to the extent otherwise permitted by law,
transports a lawful firearm, weapon, or ammunition into or out of an air
carrier airport terminal for the sole purposes, respectively, of (i) presenting
such firearm, weapon, or ammunition to U.S. Customs agents in advance of an
international flight, in order to comply with federal law, (ii) checking such
firearm, weapon, or ammunition with his luggage, or (iii) retrieving such
firearm, weapon, or ammunition from the baggage claim area.
C. For
purposes of this section, "explosive"
shall not include any lawfully possessed ammunition.
D. Any
other statute, rule, regulation, or ordinance specifically addressing the
possession or transportation of weapons in any airport in the Commonwealth
shall be invalid, and this section shall control.
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