GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-194

SENATE BILL 376

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE TEACHING HOSPITALS AFFILIATED WITH CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ESTABLISH CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 116-40.5 reads as rewritten:

"§ 116-40.5.  Campus law enforcement agencies.

(a)       The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina Carolina, or of any teaching hospital affiliated with but not part of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, may establish a campus law enforcement agency and employ campus police officers.  Such 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 institution employing him and that portion of any public road or highway passing through such property and immediately adjoining it, wherever located.

(b)       The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or of any teaching hospital affiliated with but not part of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any municipality to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the municipality's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted.

(c)       The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or of any teaching hospital affiliated with but not part of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any county, and with the consent of the sheriff, to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the county's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted."

Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of June, 1997.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/   James B. Hunt, Jr.

Governor

Approved 5:02 p.m. this 19th day of June, 1997