Bill No. 35-0051 - An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, section 27i by changing the name of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and expanding the duties
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY, JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY BILL NO. 35-0051 Thirty-Fifth Legislature of the Virgin Islands March 2, 2023 An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, section 27i by changing the name of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and expanding the duties and responsibilities of the office to include school violence prevention PROPOSED BY: Senator Javan E. James, Sr. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 1 SECTION 1. Title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, section 27i, is amended in the 2 following instances: 3 (a) Subsection (a) is amended as follows: 4 (1) In the first sentence, insert “and School” after “Gun”; 5 (2) In the second sentence, insert “and school violence” after “gun violence”; 6 and 7 (3) In the third sentence, insert “the Department of Education;” after “faith-based 8 organizations;”. 9 (b) Subsection (b) is amended by inserting “and School” after “Gun”. …
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COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY, JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY BILL NO. 35-0051 Thirty-Fifth Legislature of the Virgin Islands March 2, 2023 An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, section 27i by changing the name of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and expanding the duties and responsibilities of the office to include school violence prevention PROPOSED BY: Senator Javan E. James, Sr. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 1 SECTION 1. Title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, section 27i, is amended in the 2 following instances: 3 (a) Subsection (a) is amended as follows: 4 (1) In the first sentence, insert “and School” after “Gun”; 5 (2) In the second sentence, insert “and school violence” after “gun violence”; 6 and 7 (3) In the third sentence, insert “the Department of Education;” after “faith-based 8 organizations;”. 9 (b) Subsection (b) is amended by inserting “and School” after “Gun”. 10 (c) Subsection (c) is amended as follows: 11 (1) Insert “and School” after “Gun”; 12 2 (2) In paragraph (1), insert “the Department of Education,” after “Department of 1 Labor,”, and insert “students and” after “programs for”; 2 (3) In paragraph (2), insert “and school violence” after “gun violence”; 3 (4) In paragraph (4), insert “and schools” after “business community”; and 4 (5) In paragraph (9), insert “, and of school violence,” after “deaths”. 5 (d) Subsection (d) is amended as follows: 6 (1) Insert “and School” after “Gun”; 7 (2) Designate the existing language as paragraph (1) and add paragraph (2) that 8 reads as follows: 9 “(2) The Department of Education shall report all incidents of school violence to 10 the Virgin Islands Office of Gun and School Violence Prevention.” 11 (e) Subsection (e), paragraph (4) is amended by inserting “and school” after “gun”. 12 BILL SUMMARY 13 This bill amends title 3, chapter 1, section 27i, by changing the name of the Office of 14 Gun Violence Prevention to the Office of Gun and School Violence Prevention and expanding 15 the duties and responsibilities of the office to include school violence prevention. 16 BR23-0271/January 27, 2023/GC 17