Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Deletes all the changes to subsections (c), (d), and (f) of GS 15-11.2.

Further amends subsection (e)to reinstate a provision removed in the 1st editionthatvests the authority in the judgeto order thedisposition ofthe firearmafter the hearing (was, authorized the SBI, at the discretion of the agency director, to determine the disposition of the firearm). Also reinstates the original language of subdivision (1) of subsection (e), which provides that the judge has the option of ordering the firearm to be turned over to be destroyed to the sheriff of the county in which the audience applying for the disposition order is located. Also makes conforming changes to reinstate language to subdivision (2) that was deleted in the 1st editionbut retains amendment to this subdivision which authorizes a judge to order the sale of an abandoned firearm to licensed firearms collectors, importers, or manufacturers at public auction.