A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that a person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a handgun on educational property that is the location of both a school and a place of religious worship outside the operating hours of the school.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑269.2 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(m)	Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if educational property is the location of both a school and a building that is a place of religious worship as defined in G.S. 14‑54.1, then a person who has a concealed handgun permit issued in accordance with Article 54B of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes or considered valid under G.S. 14‑415.24, or is exempt from obtaining a permit pursuant to G.S. 14‑415.25, may possess and carry a handgun on the premises of the place of religious worship and any associated parking lot outside the operating hours of the school."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑415.11(c)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Except as provided in G.S. 14‑415.27, a permit does not authorize a person to carry a concealed handgun in any of the following:
(1)	Areas prohibited by G.S. 14‑269.2, except as allowed under G.S. 14‑269.2(m), G.S. 14‑269.3, and G.S. 14‑277.2."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017.