GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1584

Short Title:  Reciprocate Handgun Permits.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator McDaniel.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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June 1, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NORTH CAROLINA MAY RECOGNIZE CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMITS FROM RECIPROCATING STATES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 54B of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-415.24.  Recognition of handgun permits.
A nonresident who has been issued a valid handguns permit from a reciprocal state may carry a concealed handgun in accordance with this Article as if the permit were issued by this State."
Section 2.  The Attorney General shall prepare a list of reciprocal states that have concealed handgun requirements that are equal to or more stringent than those of North Carolina.  The Attorney General shall adopt rules to implement this act.
Section 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Justice the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year to implement Section 2 of this act.
Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.