NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 604

SENATE BILL 448

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL AND THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO SELL, TRADE OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF GUNS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 143-63.1, as the same is found in Volume 3C of the General Statutes, 1978 Replacement, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d)      Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, but subject to the provisions of G.S. 20-187.2, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and the North Carolina Department of Correction are authorized to sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of any or all surplus weapons it possesses to any federally licensed firearm dealers. The sale, trade, or disposal of these weapons shall be in a manner prescribed by the Department of Administration. Any monies or property obtained from the sale, trade, or disposal shall go to the General Fund."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1981.