GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 278

HOUSE BILL 618

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT PARK RANGERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF HENDERSON HAVE THE SAME JURISDICTION AS THE CITY POLICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 26 of Chapter 780 of the 1967 Session Laws of North Carolina is amended by adding a new sentence to the end to read:  "Park rangers appointed by the city manager and acting under the supervision of the City Parks and Recreation Department or the City-County Parks and Recreation Department shall have the same powers as the members of the city police department and shall have territorial jurisdiction to use those powers within  or outside of the corporate limits of the City of Henderson on property and streets used by the City Parks and Recreation Department or the City-County Parks and Recreation Department."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4th day of June, 1987.