AN ACT to amend the circumstances under which federal law enforcement officers and sworn law enforcement officers may carry concealed weapons.

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:
(1)	Officers and enlisted personnel of the armed forces of the United States when in discharge of their official duties as such and acting under orders requiring them to carry arms and weapons;
(2)	Civil and law enforcement officers of the United States;
(3)	Officers and soldiers of the militia and the national guard when called into actual service;
(4)	Officers of the State, or of any county, city, or town, charged with the execution of the laws of the State, when acting in the discharge of their official duties;
(5)	Sworn law‑enforcement officers, when off‑duty, provided that an officer does not carry a concealed weapon while consuming alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance or while alcohol or an unlawful controlled substance remains in the officer's body.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of August, 2005.

	s/	 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 12:09 p.m. this 26th day of August, 2005