Title: S.L. 1981-646

General Assembly of North Carolina	Error! Reference source not found.

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 646
SENATE BILL 312

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION, WHETHER OPENLY OR CONCEALED, OF ANY WEAPON WHILE ON ANY STATE PROPERTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Article 35 of Chapter 14 of the North Carolina General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
"§ 14‑269.4. Weapons on State property. — It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, or carry, whether openly or concealed, any deadly weapon, not used solely for instructional or officially sanctioned ceremonial purposes in the State Capitol Building, the Executive Mansion, the Western Residence of the Governor, or on the grounds of any of these buildings.
This section shall not apply to:
(i)	officers and enlisted personnel of the armed forces when in the discharge of their official duties as such and acting under orders requiring them to carry arms and weapons,
(ii)	civil officers of the United States while in the discharge of their official duties,
(iii)	officers and soldiers of the militia and the State guard when on duty or called into service,
(iv)	officers or employees of the State, or any county, city, or town charged with the execution of the laws of the State, when acting in the discharge of their official duties if authorized by law to carry weapons,
(v)	State‑owned rest areas, rest stops along the highways, and State‑owned hunting and fishing reservations.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished in the discretion of the court by fine or imprisonment or by both such fine and imprisonment."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1981.

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