STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, Nos. 1762, 1834 and 949

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblyman HOLZAPFEL)

ADOPTED: JANUARY 29, 1997

      These Assembly amendments specify that a retired law enforcement officer must qualify semi-annually in the use of the handgun he is permitted to carry. The qualification must be in accordance with regulations and procedures established by the Attorney General and the law enforcement officer must pay the actual costs associated with those qualification procedures.

      The amendments also clarify that retired county prosecutor's detectives and investigators, and county park police officers are included among the county law enforcement officers who are eligible under the bill to carry handguns.

      Finally, the amendments clarify that the provisions of the bill permitting law enforcement officers who are retired on a disability to carry handguns does not include those officers whose disability retirement involved a medical board certification that the officer because of his disability was mentally incapacitated for the performance of his usual law enforcement duties.

      In accordance with the Rules of the General Assembly governing concurrence (Rule 125), these amendments only propose changes to the language added by the Senate. The Senate's amendatory language is identified by superscripts ¹ and ² in the bill The additions proposed by these amendments are identified by the superscripted ³ found within those designated Senate amendments.