AN ACT TO ALLOW FEDERAL COURT OFFICIALS TO CARRY CONCEALED weapons IN THE SAME MANNER AS STATE JUDGES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑269(b) reads as rewritten:

(b)      This prohibition shall not apply to the following persons:

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(4d)     Any person who is a North Carolina district court judge, North Carolina superior court judge, or a North Carolina magistrate and who has a concealed handgun permit issued in accordance with Article 54B of this Chapter or considered valid under G.S. 14‑415.24; provided that the person shall not carry a concealed weapon at any time while consuming alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance or while alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance remains in the person's body. The judge or magistrate shall secure the weapon in a locked compartment when the weapon is not on the person of the judge or magistrate;

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(4f)      Any person who is a United States Supreme Court justice, United States Court of Appeals judge, United States district court judge, United States senior judge, United States magistrate judge, United States bankruptcy judge, United States attorney, or United States assistant attorney and who has a concealed handgun permit issued in accordance with Article 54B of this Chapter or considered valid under G.S. 14‑415.24; provided that the person shall not carry a concealed weapon at any time while consuming alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance or while alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance remains in the person's body. The judge or attorney shall secure the weapon in a locked compartment when the weapon is not on the person of the judge or attorney;

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2021, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.