NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 666

SENATE BILL 531

AN ACT TO RESTRICT THE SALE OF SURPLUS WEAPONS BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any employee, officer or official of the State in the exercise of his official duty to sell or otherwise dispose of any pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle to any person, firm, corporation, county or local governmental unit, law enforcement agency, or other legal entity.

Sec. 2.  It shall be lawful for the Purchase and Contract Division of the Department of Administration, in the exercise of its official duty, to sell any weapon described in Section 1 hereof, to any county or local governmental unit law enforcement agency in the State; provided, however, that such law enforcement agency files a written statement, duly notarized, with the seller of said weapon certifying that such weapon is needed in law enforcement by such law enforcement agency.

Sec. 3.  All weapons described in Section 1 hereof which are not sold as herein provided within one year of being declared surplus property, shall be destroyed by the Purchase and Contract Division of the Department of Administration.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective 45 days after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1973.