NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 220

SENATE BILL 228

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 196, SESSION LAWS OF 1967, TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF ABC OFFICERS IN THE TOWN OF MT. PLEASANT, AND TO SPECIFY THEIR JURISDICTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Chapter 196, Session Laws of 1967, is hereby amended by adding a new section immediately following Section 7, to be designated Section 7.1, and to read as follows:

"Sec. 7.1. The five per cent (5%) allocated for law enforcement in Section 7 of this Act shall be expended by the Town of Mt. Pleasant Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for law enforcement. In the expenditure of said funds, the Board shall employ one or more ABC officers to be appointed by and directly responsible to the Board. The persons so appointed shall take the oath prescribed by law for peace officers and shall have the same powers and authority, both within the Town of Mt. Pleasant and Cabarrus County, as other peace officers of the Town and County, including the common law of hot pursuit as set forth for ABC officers in G.S. 18-45(15)."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. 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 15th day of April, 1969.