NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 221

SENATE BILL 229

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 195, SESSION LAWS OF 1967, TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF ABC OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF CONCORD AND TO SPECIFY THEIR JURISDICTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Chapter 195, 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 City of Concord 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 of office prescribed by law for peace officers and shall have the same powers and authority, both within the City of Concord and Cabarrus County, as other peace officers of the City 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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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.