GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2004-198
HOUSE BILL 1453
AN ACT to make it a class F felony to discharge a firearm on educational property, as recommended by the joint legislative corrections, crime control, and juvenile justice oversight committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-269.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) It shall be a Class I felony for any person to possess or carry, whether openly or concealed, any gun, rifle, pistol, or other firearm of any kind on educational property or to a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school. Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who willfully discharges a firearm of any kind on educational property is guilty of a Class F felony. However, this subsection does not apply to a BB gun, stun gun, air rifle, or air pistol."
SECTION 2. G.S. 14-269.2(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h) No person shall be guilty of a criminal violation of this section with regard to the possession or carrying of a firearm so long as both of the following apply:
(1) The person comes into possession of a weapon by taking or receiving the weapon from another person or by finding the weapon.
(2) The person delivers the weapon, directly or indirectly, as soon as practical to law enforcement authorities."
SECTION 3. G.S. 14-269.2(g)(4) reads as rewritten:
"(g) This section shall not apply to:
. . .
(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.College or for hunting purposes on other
educational property when used with the written permission of the governing
body of the school that controls the educational property."
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective December 1, 2004, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of July, 2004.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:34 p.m. this 17th day of August, 2004