A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow a sworn law enforcement officer with a state, county, OR MUNICIPAL law enforcement agency to carry a concealed weapon at all times.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑269(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	This prohibition shall not apply to the following persons:
(1)	Officers and enlisted personnel of the armed forces of the United States when in discharge of their official duties as such and acting under orders requiring them to carry arms and weapons;
(2)	Civil and law enforcement officers of the United States;
(3)	Officers and soldiers of the militia and the national guard when called into actual service;
(4)	Officers of the State, or of any county, city, or town, charged with the execution of the laws of the State, when acting in the discharge of their official duties;
(5)	Sworn law‑enforcement officers, when off duty, if the agency has written regulations authorizing the carrying of concealed weapons off duty and those regulations prohibit being impaired by alcoholic beverages or controlled substances while carrying a concealed weapon.		"
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.