GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 548

SENATE BILL 440

AN ACT AUTHORIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ARREST, WITHOUT WARRANTS, PERSONS SUSPECTED OF SHOPLIFTING OR SWITCHING PRICE TAGS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-401(b)(2)b. is amended by deleting the period at the end of subpart b.2. of that subdivision and substituting the word and punctuation "; or", and by adding a new subpart to read:

"c. Has committed a misdemeanor under G.S. 14-72.1."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1985, and shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1985.