Bill Summary for H 481 (2021-2022)
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AN ACT TO ALLOW EACH DEPARTMENT, AGENCY, INSTITUTION, COMMISSION, AND BUREAU OF THE EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, OR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF NORTH CAROLINA AND CAMPUS POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THE CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO SELL, TRADE, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY OR ALL SURPLUS WEAPONS IN THEIR POSSESSION TO ANY FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARM DEALER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TWENTY-YEAR WAITING PERIOD TO PETITION THE COURT TO HAVE FIREARM RIGHTS' RESTORED FOR AN OUT-OF-STATE CONVICTION IS CALCULATED JUST LIKE THE TWENTY-YEAR WAITING PERIOD FOR A NORTH CAROLINA CONVICTION; AND TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO PURCHASE PRIOR WEAPON USED.Intro. by C. Smith, Faircloth, Miller.
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House committee substitute amends the 2nd edition as follows.
Further amends GS 143-63.1 to allow each department, agency, institution, commission, and bureau of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of the State to sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of any or all surplus weapons they possess to any federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to campus law enforcement agencies and campus policy agencies of UNC constituent institutions previously proposed to be included in the statute's authority (current law specifically authorizes the Highway Patrol, the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, the ALE Division of the Department of Public Safety, and the SBI only). No longer provides for money or property obtained from a trade to go to the General Fund. Makes organizational changes. Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.