HB4782 SFAT Tarr #1 2-19

Johnson  7909

Senator Tarr moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4782—A Bill to amend and reenact §8-12-5a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to limitations upon municipalities’ power to restrict the sale and storage of weapons and ammunition; preventing municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses; declaring ordinances which restrict or prohibit certain sales of firearms, firearms accessories or components, and other lawful personal defense tools or products as void; restricting a municipality from using its planning or zoning powers solely to prohibit the sale of firearms, firearms accessories or components, or lawful personal defense tools or products other than firearms within a prescribed distance of any other type of commercial property or of school property or other educational property; and providing remedies for violations.

Adopted

Rejected