GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 202

SENATE BILL 143

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ONSLOW COUNTY MAY APPOINT SPECIAL PEACE OFFICERS WITH LIMITED JURISDICTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners of Onslow County may appoint county employees as special peace officers who, after taking the oath of office prescribed for peace officers, shall have the same powers as other law enforcement officers.  The Board of County Commissioners shall state in the appointment the portion of the property owned or leased by Onslow County in which that officer shall have territorial jurisdiction, and the officer shall have jurisdiction only in that area.  Officers so appointed are expressly governed by G.S. Chapter 17C.

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of May, 1987.