NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 211

HOUSE BILL 204

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G. S. 20-125 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE SIRENS AND FLASHING RED LIGHTS TO BE EQUIPPED AND USED UPON VEHICLES OPERATED BY SHERIFFS, DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND OTHER PEACE OFFICERS IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. G. S. 20-125, as the same appears in Volume IC of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"In Brunswick County, any vehicle owned or operated by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, special deputy sheriff, constable or Alcoholic Beverage Control officer may be equipped with a siren and a flashing red light of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and such siren and flashing red light may be used at any time by any officer named herein while in the performance of his official duties."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of April, 1959.