NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1170

HOUSE BILL 1366

AN ACT TO GRANT COUNTYWIDE JURISDICTION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Upon approval of the Board of Commissioners of Mecklenburg County all policemen of the City of Charlotte shall thereafter be authorized and empowered to exercise throughout the County of Mecklenburg the same jurisdiction, authority, powers and rights, including arrest and service of criminal and civil process, which they are authorized by law to exercise within the City of Charlotte, and shall have the privileges and immunities, including coverage under Workmen's Compensation laws, which they now have within the City of Charlotte, provided that the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County shall, prior to the exercise of any of said powers or authority, enter into an agreement setting forth the guidelines and procedures for implementation of this Act.

Sec. 2. The Board of Commissioners of Mecklenburg County shall have the right, upon thirty (30) days written notice, to rescind any approval given pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1969.