NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 882

HOUSE BILL 1275

 

 

AN ACT TO GIVE GOVERNING BODY OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THE DISCRETION TO DETERMINE IF A RETIRING MEMBER OR SURVIVING SPOUSE OR CHILDREN OF A DECEASED MEMBER MAY RECEIVE THE MEMBER'S SERVICE SIDE ARM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-187.2, as the same is found in Volume 1C of the General Statutes, 1978 Replacement, is amended by rewriting the catch line and subsection (a) to read as follows:

"§ 20-187.2.  Badges and service side arms of deceased or retiring members of State, city and county law enforcement agencies' revolvers of active members. — (a) Surviving spouses, or in the event such members die unsurvived by a spouse, surviving children of members of North Carolina State, city and county law enforcement agencies killed in the line of duty or who are members of such agencies at the time of their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies shall receive upon request and at no cost to them, the badge worn or carried by such deceased or retiring member. The governing body of a law enforcement agency may, in its discretion, also award to a retiring member or surviving relatives as provided herein, upon request, the service side arm of such deceased or retiring members, at a price determined by such governing body, upon securing a permit as required by G.S. 14-402 et seq. or G.S. 14-409.1 et seq., or without such permit provided the revolver shall have been rendered incapable of being fired. Governing body shall mean for county and local alcohol beverage control officers, the county or local board of alcoholic control; for all other law enforcement officers with jurisdiction limited to a municipality or town, the city or town council; for all other law enforcement officers with countywide jurisdiction, the board of county commissioners; for all State law enforcement officers, the head of the department."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.