GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-45
HOUSE BILL 343
AN ACT to clarify that LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF COUNTIES SHALL INCLUDE OFFICERS OF CONSOLIDATED COUNTY-CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 15A-402(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) County Officers, Outside Territory, for Felonies. - Law-enforcement officers of counties may arrest persons at any place in the State of North Carolina when the arrest is based upon a felony committed within the territory described in subsection (b). For purposes of this subsection, law enforcement officers of counties shall include all officers of consolidated county-city law enforcement agencies."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of May, 2007.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 1:45 p.m. this 16th day of May, 2007