GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 836

HOUSE BILL 1575

 

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTION OF CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE GASTON COUNTY DRUG ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-402 is amended by adding a new subsection to the end to read:

"(f)      City officers, assigned to the Gaston County Drug Enforcement Unit. A city law enforcement officer assigned to the Gaston County Drug Enforcement Unit shall have the same territorial jurisdiction to arrest persons as that accorded by statute or common law to a county police officer."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 160A-286 is amended by adding a new paragraph to the end to read:  "In addition to the authority granted above by this section, a city law enforcement officer assigned to the Gaston County Drug Enforcement Unit shall have all the powers that are accorded by statute or common law to a county police officer."

Sec. 3.  This act shall apply only to Gaston County.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1986.