GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 7

Committee Substitute Favorable 3/12/15

 

Short Title:        Amend Firearm Restoration Law.		(Public)
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January 29, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to restore the firearms rights of certain persons who were convicted of nonviolent felonies before December 1, 1995, and whose firearms rights had been restored before december 1, 1995.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑415.1 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(f)       This section does not apply to, there is no disentitlement under this section for, and the firearms rights as defined in G.S. 14‑415.4 are restored to any person who satisfies all of the following criteria:

(1)        The person's firearms rights were restored prior to December 1, 1995, and the forfeiture of the person's firearms rights on December 1, 1995, occurred only because amendments to G.S. 14‑415.1, enacted by S.L. 1995‑487 and further amended by S.L. 2004‑186, and applicable to any person convicted of a felony before December 1, 1995, became effective.

(2)        The person's felony convictions prior to December 1, 1995, are only for nonviolent felonies as defined in G.S. 14‑415.4.

(3)        The person has not been convicted of any subsequent felony on or after December 1, 1995, that would require forfeiture of the person's firearms rights and cause the person to be disentitled under this section."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2015.