NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 919

HOUSE BILL 1156

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 289, PUBLIC-LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 1941, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY TO APPOINT SPECIAL DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 11 of Chapter 289, Public-Local and Private Laws of 1941, is hereby stricken and rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 11. The Sheriff of Rutherford County is hereby empowered and authorized to appoint not more than forty (40) special deputy sheriffs, without the approval of the Board of County Commissioners, to assist the said Sheriff and the regular deputies in the enforcement of the law in Rutherford County. Such special deputy sheriffs shall not be entitled to any fees, salaries or other remuneration and shall not be deemed employees of the County of Rutherford, and such special deputies shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Provided, that upon the express written approval by the Board of County Commissioners, the Sheriff of Rutherford County may appoint special deputy sheriffs who shall be entitled to such compensation as determined by the Board of County Commissioners and who shall be entitled to the benefits of the Workmen's Compensation Act. The Sheriff and County of Rutherford shall have the same immunities, with respect to the actions of special deputy sheriffs appointed under this Act, which the Sheriff and County have with respect to the actions of regular deputy sheriffs in the performance of their duties."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1963.