GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 174

Committee Substitute Favorable 3/22/17

 

Short Title:      Concealed Carry/Church School Prop.		(Public)
Sponsors:
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February 23, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide that a person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a handgun on educational property that is the location of both a school and a place of religious worship outside the operating hours of the school.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑269.2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 14‑269.2.  Weapons on campus or other educational property.

(a)        The following definitions apply to this section:

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(1c)      School operating hours. – Any times when curricular or extracurricular activities are taking place on the premises and any time when the premises are being used for educational, instructional, or school‑sponsored activities.

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SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑269.2 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(k1)    The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person who has a concealed handgun permit that is valid under Article 54B of this Chapter, or who is exempt from obtaining a permit pursuant to that Article, if all of the following conditions apply:

(1)        The person possesses and carries a handgun on educational property other than an institution of higher education as defined by G.S. 116‑143.1 or a nonpublic, post‑secondary educational institution.

(2)        The educational property is the location of both a school and a building that is a place of religious worship as defined in G.S. 14‑54.1.

(3)        The weapon is a handgun.

(4)        The handgun is only possessed and carried on educational property outside of the school operating hours."

SECTION 3.  G.S. 14‑415.11(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)      Except as provided in G.S. 14‑415.27, a permit does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun in any of the following:

(1)        Areas prohibited by G.S. 14‑269.2, 14-269.3, and 14-277.2.except as allowed under G.S. 14‑269.2(k1).

(1a)      Areas prohibited by G.S. 14‑269.3 and G.S. 14‑277.2.

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SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017.