NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 459

HOUSE BILL 905

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 993, SESSION LAWS OF 1949, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 732, SESSION LAWS OF 1951, CHAPTER 382, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, AND CHAPTER 289, SESSION LAWS OF 1969, PROVIDING FOR SUBSTITUTION OF POLICE FOR CONSTABLE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 993 SHALL APPLY TO PINEHURST, INCORPORATED OR ANY CORPORATE SUCCESSOR OR ASSIGNEE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 993 of the 1949 Session Laws of North Carolina, as heretofore amended, is hereby further amended as follows: The word "policeman" shall be substituted for the word "constable", and the word "policemen" shall be substituted for the word "constables" or the term "county constables" and the term "chief of police" shall be substituted for the term "chief constable", wherever the words "constable" and "constables" and the terms "county constables" and "chief constable" appear in Chapter 993, as amended.

Sec. 2.  Section 2 of Chapter 993 of the 1949 Session Laws of North Carolina, as heretofore amended, is hereby further amended to make the second sentence read as follows:

"The term of office of said chief of police and any other policemen appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Moore County shall be for such time as said board may designate in the order of appointment, and before entering upon the duties of their offices, respectively, the said chief of police and other policemen shall execute such official bond, if any, as is now required of deputy sheriffs in Moore County in such amount as may be fixed by said Board of Commissioners of Moore County, not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000)."

Sec. 3.  That Chapter 993 of the 1949 Session Laws of North Carolina, as heretofore amended, is hereby further amended by adding a new Section 8 at the end thereof as follows:

 

"SECTION 8.

(a)       The provisions of Section 5 of this act shall apply to Pinehurst, Incorporated or any corporate successor or assignee which provides municipal services for the municipality or village of Pinehurst.

(b)       The remaining provisions of this act shall remain in full force and effect, notwithstanding the fact that Pinehurst, Incorporated may be liquidated, dissolved or reorganized."

Sec. 4.  Except as hereby amended, Chapter 993, Session Laws of 1949, as heretofore amended, shall remain in full force and effect.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1971.