GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 477

Short Title:  Community College Campus Police.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Jeffus.

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Referred to:  Education.

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March 17, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 115D of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 115D-82.  Campus law enforcement agencies.
(a)	The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of the North Carolina Community College System may establish a campus law enforcement agency and employ campus police officers. Such 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 institution employing the officer and that portion of any public road or highway passing through such property and immediately adjoining it, wherever located.
(b)	The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of the North Carolina Community College System, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any municipality to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the municipality's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted.
(c)	The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of the North Carolina Community College System, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any county, with the consent of the sheriff, to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the county's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.