NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 145

SENATE BILL 272

 

 

AN ACT TO GRANT SPECIAL POLICE POWERS TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING SECURITY FORCE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 7 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

"§ 120-32.2.  State Legislative Building special police. — All members of the State Legislative Building Security Force employed by the Legislative Services Office are special policemen, and within the State Legislative Building and upon its grounds they shall have all the powers of policemen of incorporated towns.

As used in this section, 'grounds' means the area between the outer walls of the State Legislative Building and the near curb line of those sections of Jones, Wilmington, Lane and Salisbury Streets which border the land on which the State Legislative Building is situated. When the General Assembly is in regular or extra session, the term 'grounds' also includes the surface to the far curb line of those sections of Jones, Wilmington, Lane and Salisbury Streets which border the land on which the State Legislative Building is situated and any State-owned parking lot which is leased to the General Assembly while the General Assembly is in session."

Sec. 2.  Article 7 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is further amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

"§ 120-32.3.  Oath of State Legislative Building special police. — Before exercising the duties of a special policeman, each State Legislative Building security officer shall take an oath before some officer empowered to administer oaths, and the oaths shall be filed with the Clerk of Superior Court of Wake County. The oath of office shall be as follows:

'State of North Carolina, Wake County.

I,____________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and truly execute the duties of special policeman in the State Legislative Building and upon its grounds according to the best of my skill and ability and according to law; and that I will use my best endeavors to enforce all rules and regulations of the Legislative Services Commission concerning use of the State Legislative Building and its grounds. So help me, God.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, this the ________ day of ________, A.D'"

Sec. 3.  Article 7 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is further amended by adding thereto a new subsection to read as follows:

"§ 120-32.1(c).  Regulation of parking in the State Legislative Building and on its grounds. — When the General Assembly is in regular or extra session, the Legislative Services Commission shall have exclusive authority to assign parking space in the State Legislative Building and upon its grounds, as 'grounds' is defined in G.S. 120-32.3, and the State Legislative Building security force shall have exclusive authority and responsibility for enforcing the parking rules and regulations of the Legislative Services Commission. The Legislative Services Commission may cause to be removed at the owner's expense any vehicle parked in the State Legislative Building or on its grounds, in violation of the rules and regulations of the Legislative Services Commission, and during regular or extra sessions of the General Assembly may cause to be removed any vehicle parked in any State-owned parking space leased to an employee of the General Assembly, where the vehicle is parked without the consent of the employee to whom the space is leased."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective on April 18, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of April, 1975.