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