AN ACT permitting Weapons on the Howell woods Nature Center property of Johnston Community College for hunting purposes.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑269.2(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	This section shall not apply to:
(1)	A weapon used solely for educational or school‑sanctioned ceremonial purposes, or used in a school‑approved program conducted under the supervision of an adult whose supervision has been approved by the school authority;
(1a)	A person exempted by the provisions of G.S. 14‑269(b);
(2)	Firefighters, emergency service personnel, North Carolina Forest Service personnel, and any private police employed by an educational institution, when acting in the discharge of their official duties; 
(3)	Home schools as defined in  G.S. 115C-563(a); or
(4)	Weapons used for hunting purposes on the Howell Woods Nature Center property in Johnston County owned by Johnston Community College when used with the written permission of Johnston Community College."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10th day of June, 2003.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2003