2022 -- H 7705 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Hull, Craven, Serpa, Vella-Wilkinson, Solomon, | |
Date Introduced: March 02, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(Dept. of Corrections) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-47-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-47-17. Qualifications required of law enforcement officers appointed after June |
4 | 17, 1959. |
5 | Except as provided in § 11-47-15.3, all law enforcement officers of this state and its |
6 | political subdivisions whose permanent appointment shall take place after June 17, 1959, will be |
7 | required to qualify with the pistol or revolver with which they are armed prior to their permanent |
8 | appointment, that qualification to be the same as that required in § 11-47-15. Town constables or |
9 | police constables, special officers, and all law enforcement officers, who by law are authorized to |
10 | carry side arms and whose appointments are made on a recurring basis, will be required to qualify |
11 | not later than one year following the date of enactment of this section and their commissions or |
12 | warrants will be plainly marked or stamped "QUALIFIED WITH PISTOL OR REVOLVER" and |
13 | will be signed and dated by the certifying authority attesting to that fact. The failure of any law |
14 | enforcement officer to qualify under the provisions of this section revokes his or her privilege of |
15 | carrying a pistol or revolver, whether concealed or not, on or about his or her person. All law |
16 | enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions will repeat this qualification at |
17 | periods of not more than one year, except for correctional officers who must repeat this |
18 | qualification every two (2) years. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would require correctional officers to qualify annually with the pistol or revolver |
2 | rather than the previous requirement of biennial qualification. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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