GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 561

Short Title:  Campus Police/Concealed Handguns.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Odom.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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April 1, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REMEDY THE INADVERTENT EXCLUSION OF DULY SWORN AND COMMISSIONED CAMPUS POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE CONCEALED HANDGUN STATUTES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 74E-6(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Campus Police. – Campus police officers have the powers contained in subsection (c) of this section and also have the powers in that subsection upon that portion of any public road or highway passing through or immediately adjoining the property described in that subsection, wherever located.  The board of trustees of any college or university that qualifies as a campus police agency pursuant to this Chapter may enter into a mutual aid agreement with the governing board of a municipality or, with the consent of the county sheriff, a county to the same extent as a municipal police department pursuant to Chapter 160A.  Campus police officers shall have, if duly authorized by the superior officer in charge, the authority to carry concealed weapons pursuant to and in conformity with G.S. 14-269(b)(5)."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.