GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1841

Committee Substitute Favorable 6/22/10

Short Title:        Moore County School Board Police.	(Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

May 20, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow the moore county BOARD of education to MAINTAIN a campus police agency.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 115C-47.2.  Campus law enforcement agencies.

A local board of education may establish a campus law enforcement agency and employ campus police officers. These officers shall meet the requirements of Chapter 17C of the General Statutes, shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article VI, Section 7 of the Constitution, and shall have all the powers of law enforcement officers generally. The territorial jurisdiction of a campus police officer shall include all property owned or leased to the local board of education employing the officer and that portion of any public road or highway passing through the property or immediately adjoining it, wherever located."

SECTION 2.  This act shall apply to the Moore County Board of Education only.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.