GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1093

Short Title:  HP Helicopter to Asheville.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Nesbitt; Beall, Bowie, Cansler, Carpenter, Hightower, R. Hunter, Ives, Justus, Ramsey, Sherrill, Thompson, and G. Wilson.

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Referred to:  State Government, if favorable, Appropriations.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMANENTLY ASSIGN A HIGHWAY PATROL HELICOPTER AND THE NECESSARY OPERATING PERSONNEL TO ASHEVILLE TO SERVE THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Highway Patrol Division of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall permanently assign a Highway Patrol helicopter and the personnel necessary to operate and maintain it to District 4 of Troop G in Asheville.  The helicopter shall be used for traffic control, high speed pursuits, drug eradication efforts, and other law enforcement activities in the western part of the State.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.