Chapter 368
2008 -- S 3120
AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/08/08
A N A C T
CREATING
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WEAPONS QUALIFICATIONS OF RETIRED
OFFICERS
COMMISSION
Introduced
By: Senators Ciccone, Ruggerio, Tassoni, and Lanzi
Date
Introduced: June 17, 2008
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter
11-47 of the General Laws entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following section:
11-47-16.1.
Special commission on law enforcement weapons qualifications of
retired officers. – (a) There is hereby
created a special commission to be known as the "Law
Enforcement Weapons Qualifications of Retired
Officers Commission."
(b) The purpose
and charge of said commission shall be to study all aspects of firearms
qualifications, standards, and certifications
for all retired law enforcement officers appointed after
June 17, 1959, from each of the city and town
police departments of this state.
(c) The
commission shall consist of eight (8) members: one of whom shall be the
president of the State Fraternal Order of
Police, or designee; one of whom shall be the president
of the Providence Fraternal Order of Police,
Lodge No. 3, or designee; one of whom shall be the
superintendent of the Rhode Island state police,
or designee; one of whom shall be a
representative of a local branch of the
International Brotherhood of Police Officers, to be
appointed by the national president of the IBPO;
one of whom shall be the executive director of
the New England Police Chiefs Association, or
designee; one of whom shall be the chairman of
the Rhode Island commission on law enforcement
standards and training, or designee; one of
whom shall be the Rhode Island attorney general,
or designee; and one of whom shall the
president of the Rhode Island State Rifle and
Revolver Association, or designee.
(d) Vacancies
in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original
appointment.
(e) The
membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.
(f) All
departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and
information,
documentary and otherwise, to said commission
and its agents as is deemed necessary or
desirable by the commission to facilitate the
purposes of this resolution.
(g) The
commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the general
assembly annually, on or before January 2,
commencing in 2009.
SECTION 2. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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