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Currently any church which desires to refuse lawful concealed carry within the borders of their establishment are required to at least, on a yearly basis, update BCI with a letter of intent. see the following from the law:
as the division shall prescribe.
(ii) The division shall post on its website a list of the churches and organizations operating houses of worship who have given notice under Subsection (4)(a)(i).
(b) Any notice given pursuant to Subsection (2)(c), (d), or (e) shall remain in effect until revoked or for a period of one year from the date the notice was originally given, whichever occurs first.
The problem with this is that no date of this letter of intent is posted, or required to be posted on the BCI website. This is an absolute must! The date of the submitted letter ought to be a requirement for posting on the BCI site so that everyone is positive of compliance otherwise it is nothing more than anarchy. A person ought to be able to go to the BCI website & find the church & the date of notice, especially if they are new to the state, so that they may be compliant, otherwise we are all done a dis-service. Who knows when a letter may have been received? A letter could continually stay up on the site beyond the posted and acknowledged date of intent over one year, and we would never know. Churches & the BCI website ought to be required by the law to post the date of the notice.
Maybe Clark could have some influence on the Hill to make this a reality. As it is now the issuance of this statement by BCI is too arbitrary and the actual date of the request, or date of notice received by BCI is unknown and it should be known. If we are to comply with the law, then this is a Must!
I think that most of us would like to see this addition to this idiotic legislation.
as the division shall prescribe.
(ii) The division shall post on its website a list of the churches and organizations operating houses of worship who have given notice under Subsection (4)(a)(i).
(b) Any notice given pursuant to Subsection (2)(c), (d), or (e) shall remain in effect until revoked or for a period of one year from the date the notice was originally given, whichever occurs first.
The problem with this is that no date of this letter of intent is posted, or required to be posted on the BCI website. This is an absolute must! The date of the submitted letter ought to be a requirement for posting on the BCI site so that everyone is positive of compliance otherwise it is nothing more than anarchy. A person ought to be able to go to the BCI website & find the church & the date of notice, especially if they are new to the state, so that they may be compliant, otherwise we are all done a dis-service. Who knows when a letter may have been received? A letter could continually stay up on the site beyond the posted and acknowledged date of intent over one year, and we would never know. Churches & the BCI website ought to be required by the law to post the date of the notice.
Maybe Clark could have some influence on the Hill to make this a reality. As it is now the issuance of this statement by BCI is too arbitrary and the actual date of the request, or date of notice received by BCI is unknown and it should be known. If we are to comply with the law, then this is a Must!
I think that most of us would like to see this addition to this idiotic legislation.