NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1263

HOUSE BILL 1806

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160A-282 BY AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AUXILIARY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BY CITIES AND COUNTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-282 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 160A-282.  Auxiliary Law Enforcement Personnel, Workmen's Compensation Benefits.(a)  A city, by enactment of an ordinance, may provide that, while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of the city pursuant to orders or instructions of the chief of police of the city, auxiliary law enforcement personnel shall be entitled to benefits under the North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits for which such volunteer personnel qualify.

(b)       The board of commissioners of any county may provide that persons who are deputized by the sheriff of the county as special deputy sheriffs or persons who are serving as volunteer law enforcement officers at the request of the sheriff and under his authority, while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of the county pursuant to orders or instructions of the sheriff, shall be entitled to benefits under the North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits for which such persons qualify."

Sec. 2. Provided however that in the County of Columbus, in lieu of the procedure set forth in Section 1, the Columbus County Public Safety Commission upon the application and upon the approval of the Chief of the Columbus County Police may upon the enactment of a resolution provide for the establishment of an auxiliary law enforcement agency in Columbus County made up of volunteer members as provided in Section 1. In Columbus County the Chief of County Police shall act in lieu of the Sheriff as provided in Section 1 but cities in Columbus County shall have the authority provided for in Section 1.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of April, 1974.