GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 324

Short Title:  Concealed Handguns/Liability.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Ballance; Odom and Shaw of Cumberland.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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March 6, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS NOT LIABLE UNDER THE CONCEALED HANDGUN LAWS FOR POSTING OR NOT POSTING PREMISES OF WHICH THE PERSON IS IN LEGAL POSSESSION OR CONTROL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-415.20 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-415.20.  No liability of sheriff; certain other persons.
(a)	A sheriff who issues or refuses to issue a permit to carry a concealed handgun under this Article shall not incur any civil or criminal liability as the result of the performance of the sheriff's duties under this Article.
(b)	A person who is in legal possession or control of premises shall not incur civil or criminal liability under this Article for either allowing or prohibiting another person to carry a concealed handgun on the premises in accordance with this Article."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.