GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

SESSION LAW 2006-93

HOUSE BILL 2421

AN ACT to authorize the PIEDMONT TRIAD WATER authority to employ Lake Wardens with the authority of peace officers.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  With respect to its property in Guilford and Randolph Counties, the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority may contract for or employ lake wardens to enforce federal and State laws and the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the units of local government where the property is located providing for the protection of the watershed, the protection of game and wildlife in the area, and the protection of parks and recreational areas.  Upon taking the oath of office of law enforcement officers set forth in G.S. 11-11, the lake wardens shall have the powers of peace officers, including the power of arrest, for the purpose of enforcing those laws.

SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority and its property in Guilford and Randolph Counties.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 10^th day of July, 2006.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives