EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY DEFINITION/FIREARMS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 504 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 29, 2017
AN ACT TO DEFINE MORE PRECISELY "EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY" WITH REGARD TO THE LAW PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OR CARRYING OF WEAPONS ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY AND TO AMEND THE LAW RESTRICTING THE POSSESSION OR CARRYING OF FIREARMS AT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN PUBLIC PLACES.
Intro. by Tarte, Brock, Britt.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Mar 30 2017)

Bill History:

S 504

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 29 2017 - View Summary

    Amends GS 14-269.2 (Weapons on campus or other educational property). Amends the definition ofeducational property to exclude (1) land, buildings, or other facilities owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by educational institutions but not used primarily for educational purposes; (2) a religious institution for which facilities are used as a school on a partäóïtime basis, provided such facilities are not currently in use as a school; (3) a road or other publicly used thoroughfare which crosses an educational campus; and (4) a medical facility for which the primary purpose is patient care rather than education.

    Amends GS 14-269.2 to provide that restrictions on extracurricular activities listed in subsection (b) and (b1) of that statute do not apply to persons not participating in the extracurricular activity, provided the extracurricular activity is conducted in a public place.

    Effective December 1, 2017. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not affected by the act.