Bill Text: NC H817 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Repeal Pistol Permit Requirements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-13 - Ref To Com On Judiciary I [H817 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H817-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
H 1
HOUSE BILL 817
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Short Title: Repeal Pistol Permit Requirements. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Burr and Millis (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary I |
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April 13, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT repealing pistol permit requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 14‑402, 14‑403, 14‑404, and 14‑405 are repealed.
SECTION 2. G.S. 14‑406 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑406. Dealer to keep record of sales; confidentiality of records.
(a) Every dealer in pistols
and other weapons mentioned in this Article shall keep an accurate record
of all sales thereof, including the name, place of residence, date of sale,
etc., of each person, firm, or corporation to whom or which such sales are
made. The records maintained by a dealer pursuant to this section are
confidential and are not a public record under G.S. 132‑1; provided,
however, that the dealer shall make the records available upon request to all
State and local law enforcement agencies.
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2011‑56, s. 3, effective April 28, 2011."
SECTION 3. G.S. 14‑407.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑407.1. Sale of blank cartridge pistols.
The provisions of G.S. 14‑402,
14‑405, and 14‑406G.S. 14‑406 shall apply to
the sale of pistols suitable for firing blank cartridges. The sheriffs of all
the counties of this State are authorized and may in their discretion issue to
any person, firm or corporation, in any such county, a license or permit to
purchase or receive any pistol suitable for firing blank cartridges from any
person, firm or corporation offering to sell or dispose of the same, which said
permit shall be in substantially the following form:
North Carolina
______________ County
I, ______________, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, do hereby certify that ______________, whose place of residence is ______________ Street in ______________ (or) in ______________ Township in ______________ County, North Carolina, having this day satisfied me that the possession of a pistol suitable for firing blank cartridges will be used only for lawful purposes, a permit is therefore given said ______________ to purchase said pistol from any person, firm or corporation authorized to dispose of the same, this ________ day of ____________, ________.
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Sheriff
The sheriff shall charge for the sheriff's services, upon issuing such permit, a fee of fifty cents (50¢)."
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to pistol purchases on or after that date.
