AN ACT to allow the moore county BOARD of education to MAINTAIN a campus police agency.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 115C‑47.2.  Campus law enforcement agencies.
A local board of education may establish a campus law enforcement agency and employ campus police officers. These officers shall meet the requirements of Chapter 17C of the General Statutes, shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article VI, Section 7 of the Constitution, and shall have all the powers of law enforcement officers generally. The territorial jurisdiction of a campus police officer shall include all property owned or leased to the local board of education employing the officer and that portion of any public road or highway passing through the property or immediately adjoining it, wherever located."
SECTION 2.  This act shall apply to the Moore County Board of Education only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 2010.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives