NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 571
HOUSE BILL 1054

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 4, CHAPTER 114 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN CERTAIN INSTANCES BY THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 4, Chapter 114 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto, to read as follows:
"The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is authorized to provide protection to public officials who request it, and who, in the discretion of the Director of the Bureau with the approval of the Attorney General, demonstrate a need for such protection. The bureau shall not provide protection for any individual other than the Governor for a period greater than 30 days without review and reapproval by the Attorney General. This review and reapproval shall be required at the end of each 30-day period."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1977.