GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
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HOUSE DRH30144-MA-135 (02/16)
Short Title: NCGA Police/Statewide Jurisdiction. |
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Committee on Judiciary Subcommittee A. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide the north carolina general assembly special police with statewide law enforcement jurisdiction.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 120-32.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-32.2. General Assembly Special Police.
(a) All sworn
members of the General Assembly Special Police employed by the Legislative
Services Office are special police officers, and have the authority to
arrest and take other investigatory actions for any criminal offense throughout
the State of North Carolina.all the powers of policemen of cities,
within any of the following areas of jurisdiction, while on official duty:
(1) Within
those areas of the City of Raleigh and of the unincorporated parts of Wake
County surrounded by the innermost right-of-way of Interstate 440.
(2) In any
part of the State:
a. While
accompanying a member of the General Assembly who is conducting, or traveling
to or from, his or her official duties.
b. While
preparing for, or providing security to, a session of either or both houses of
the General Assembly, or official events directly related to that session.
c. While
performing advance work and providing security for the protection of
legislative members, staff, and the public for any meeting of a study,
standing, select, or joint select committee, or any commission meeting of the
General Assembly, or any state, regional, or national meetings of legislative
bodies or organizations representing legislative bodies, and while accompanying
a member of the General Assembly to or from any event listed in this subdivision.
(b) General
Assembly Special Police officers may arrest persons outside the areas described
in subsection (a) of this section when the person arrested has committed a
criminal offense within any of the areas, for which the officer could have
arrested the person within that area, and the arrest is made during such
person's immediate and continuous flight from that area.
(c) The General Assembly Special Police officers have the exclusive authority and responsibility for enforcing the parking rules of the Legislative Services Commission."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.