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Chapter 14 - Article 14 Page 8 of 10 required under this Article, are as follows: Applicationfee .............................................. ............................... $45.00 Renewalfee .................................................. ............................... $40.00 (1) A copy of the officer's letter of retirement from either the North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System or the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System. (2) Written documentation from the head of the agency where the person was previously employed indicating that the person was neither involuntarily terminated nor under administrative or criminal investigation within six months of retirement. The county finance officer shall remit the proceeds of the fees assessed under this subsection to the North Carolina Department of Justice to cover the cost of performing the State and federal criminal record checks performed in connection with processing applications and for the implementation of the provisions of this Article. (b) An additional fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00), shall be collected by the sheriff from an applicant for a permit to pay for the costs of processing the applicant's fingerprints, if fingerprints were required to be taken. This fee shall be retained by the sheriff. (1995, c. 398, s. 1; c. 507, s. 22.1(a); 1997- 470, s. 1; 2000 -140, s. 103; 2000 -191, s. 2; 2003 -379, s. 1.) § 14- 415.20. No liability of sheriff. A sheriff who issues or refuses to issue a permit to carry a concealed handgun under this Article shall not incur any civil or criminal liability as the result of the performance of the sheriffs duties under this Article. (1995, c. 398, s. 1.) § 14- 415.21. Violations of this Article punishable as an infraction. (a) A person who has been issued a valid permit who is found to be carrying a concealed handgun without the permit in the person's possession or who fails to disclose to any law enforcement officer that the person holds a valid permit and is carrying a concealed handgun, as required by G.S. 14- 415.11, shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be punished in accordance with G.S. 14 -3.1. In lieu of paying a fine the person may surrender the permit. (b) A person who violates the provisions of this Article other than as set forth in subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1995, c. 398, s. 1; 2011 -268, s. 21(a).) § 14- 415.22. Construction of Article. This Article shall not be construed to require a person who may carry a concealed handgun under the provisions of G.S. 14- 269(b) to obtain a concealed handgun permit. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to a person who may lawfully carry a concealed weapon or handgun pursuant to G.S. 14 -269 (b). A person who may lawfully carry a concealed weapon or handgun pursuant to G.S. 14- 269(b) shall not be prohibited from carrying the concealed weapon or handgun on property on which a notice is posted prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun, unless otherwise prohibited by statute. (1995, c. 398, s. 1; 1997 -238, s. 5.) § 14- 415.23. Statewide uniformity. It is the intent of the General Assembly to prescribe a uniform system for the regulation of legally carrying a concealed handgun. To insure uniformity, no political subdivisions, boards, or agencies of the State nor any county, city, municipality, municipal corporation, town, township, village, nor any department or agency thereof, may enact ordinances, rules, or regulations concerning legally carrying a concealed handgun. A unit of local government may adopt an ordinance to permit the posting of a prohibition against carrying a concealed handgun, in accordance with G.S. 14- 415.11(c), on local government buildings and their appurtenant premises. A unit of local government may adopt an Attachment number 7 G -2 Page 145 file : / / /C:/Users /mismit /AppData/ Local / Microsoft / Windows /Temporary %20Internet %20F... 11/13/2013