GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 689

 
 
Short Title:	TVA Officers' Authority.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Haire.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
March 19, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize tennessee valley authority officers to provide assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies in the same manner as other federal law enforcement officers.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A‑406(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	For purposes of this section, "federal law enforcement officer" means any of the following persons who are employed as full‑time law enforcement officers by the federal government and who are authorized to carry firearms in the performance of their duties:
(1)	United States Secret Service special agents;
(2)	Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents;
(3)	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms special agents;
(4)	United States Naval Investigative Service special agents;
(5)	Drug Enforcement Administration special agents;
(6)	United States Customs Service officers;
(7)	United States Postal Service inspectors;
(8)	Internal Revenue Service special agents;
(9)	United States Marshals Service marshals and deputies;
(10)	United States Forest Service officers;
(11)	National Park Service officers;
(12)	United States Fish and Wildlife Service officers; 
(13)	Immigration and Naturalization Service officers; and
(14)	Tennessee Valley Authority officers."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2001.