GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL DRH40112-LH-69   (02/17)

Short Title:      Concealed Carry/Church School Prop.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative R. Turner.
Referred to:

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 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(m) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if 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, then a person who has a concealed handgun permit issued in accordance with Article 54B of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes or considered valid under G.S. 14‑415.24, or is exempt from obtaining a permit pursuant to G.S. 14‑415.25, may possess and carry a handgun on the premises of the place of religious worship and any associated parking lot outside the operating hours of the school."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑415.11(c)(1) 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(m), G.S. 14‑269.3, and G.S. 14‑277.2."

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017.