NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 23

HOUSE BILL 69

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 160 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE THAT POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN WHO ARE NON-RESIDENTS MAY BE EMPLOYED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 160-20 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 160-20.  The governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized to employ police officers, and the persons so employed may reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality."

Sec. 2.  Article 11, Chapter 160, of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new Section immediately following GS 160-115, to be designated GS 160-115.1, and to read as follows:

"Sec. 160-115.1  Firemen; residence. The governing body of every incorporated city and town are authorized to employ members of the fire department and to prescribe their duties. Persons employed as members of the fire department may reside outside the corporate limits of the municipality."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 27th day of February, 1969.