72-89a01. Definitions.
72-89a01
72-89a01. Definitions.As used in this act:
(a) "Board of education" means the board of education of a unified schooldistrict or the governing authority of an accredited nonpublic school.
(b) "School" means a public school or an accredited nonpublic school.
(c) "Public school" means a school operated by a unified school districtorganized under the laws of this state.
(d) "Accredited nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school participating inthe quality performance accreditation system.
(e) "Chief administrative officer of a school" means, in the case of apublic school, the superintendent of schools and, in the case of an accreditednonpublic school, the person designated as chief administrative officer by thegoverning authority of the school.
(f) "Federal law" means the individuals with disabilities education act,section 504 of the rehabilitation act, the gun-free schools act of 1994,and regulations adopted pursuant to such acts.
(g) "Secretary of education" means the secretary of the United Statesdepartment of education.
(h) "Weapon" means (1) any weapon which will or is designed to or mayreadily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (2)the frame or receiver of any weapon described in the preceding example; (3) anyfirearm muffler or firearm silencer; (4) any explosive, incendiary, or poisongas (A) bomb, (B) grenade, (C) rocket having a propellant charge of more thanfour ounces, (D) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than1/4 ounce, (E) mine, or (F)similar device; (5) any weapon which will, or which may be readily convertedto, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, andwhich has any barrel with a bore of more than 1/2 inch in diameter; (6)any combination of partseither designed or intended for use in converting any device into anydestructive device described in the two immediately preceding examples, andfrom which a destructive device may be readily assembled; (7) any bludgeon,sandclub, metal knuckles or throwing star; (8) any knife, commonly referred toas a switch-blade, which has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressureapplied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife, or anyknife having a blade that opens or falls or is ejected into position by theforce of gravity or by an outward, downward or centrifugal thrust ormovement; (9) any electronic device designed to discharge immobilizinglevels of electricity, commonly known as a stun gun. The term "weapon" doesnot include within its meaning (1) an antique firearm; (2) any device which isneither designed nor redesigned for use as a weapon; (3) any device, althoughoriginally designed for use as a weapon, which is redesigned for use as asignaling, pyrotechnic, line throwing, safety, or similar device; (4) surplusordinance sold, loaned, or given by the secretary of the army pursuant to theprovisions of section 4684(2), 4685, or 4686 of title 10 of the United StatesCode; (5) class C common fireworks.
History: L. 1995, ch. 27, § 1;L. 1996, ch. 141, § 1;L. 1999, ch. 124, § 3;L. 2001, ch. 119, § 3; July 1.