A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that a sport shooting range that relocates due to certain circumstances is still considered to Be continuously in existence since beginning operation and not to have undergone a substantial change in use.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑409.46 is amended by adding two new subsections to read:
"(f)	For the purposes of this Article, a sport shooting range that relocates to another location within the same county due to condemnation, rezoning, annexation, road construction, or development:
(1)	Is still considered to be continuously in existence since beginning operation at its previous location; and
(2)	Is not considered to have undergone a substantial change in use as the result of the location.
(g)	A sport shooting range that is exempted from liability under this Article and that relocates to a new location in a different county shall comply with ordinances in effect at the new location as of the date property is purchased to establish the range at the new location."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.