AN ACT to authorize the town of granite quarry and the town of faith to establish a joint police authority to provide police protection for the two towns.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Town of Granite Quarry and the Town of Faith may establish a joint police authority to provide police protection for the two towns. The law enforcement officers employed by the joint police authority have the powers and authority set forth in Article 13 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes to the same extent as if they were employed by either of the individual towns. The law enforcement officers shall be appointed by the authority and shall take the oath required for law enforcement officers generally.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives