GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 234

Short Title:        Sport Shooting Range Protection.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Brock.
Referred to:	Judiciary I.

February 19, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide that a sport shooting range that relocates due to certain circumstances is still considered to Be continuously in existence since beginning operation and not to have undergone a substantial change in use.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑409.46 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(f) For the purposes of this Article, a sport shooting range that relocates due to condemnation, rezoning, annexation, road construction, or development:

(1) Is still considered to be continuously in existence since beginning operation at its previous location; and

(2) Is not considered to have undergone a substantial change in use as the result of the location."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.