GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 477
HOUSE BILL 814

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT MECKLENBURG COUNTY PARK RANGERS MAY ACT AS SPECIAL PEACE OFFICERS ON PROPERTY OWNED OR LEASED BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  A person serving as a Mecklenburg County park ranger shall have:  (i) the status of a special peace officer, (ii) all powers vested in law enforcement officers by statute or common law, and (iii) general subject matter jurisdiction to enforce the ordinances and regulations of the City of Charlotte as the city council may direct on all property owned or leased by the City of Charlotte wherever located.  These special officers have and may exercise all the powers of peace officers generally upon property owned or leased by the City of Charlotte upon the request of the City of Charlotte.  This section shall only apply to those park rangers that have the same or equivalent training as a Charlotte city policeman or Mecklenburg County deputy sheriff.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of July, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives