NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 337

HOUSE BILL 725

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY ABC BOARD OF GATES COUNTY TO JOINTLY EMPLOY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  In lieu of employing a full-time ABC officer, the Board of Alcoholic Control of Gates County is hereby authorized to contract with the County Board of Commissioners, upon terms agreeable to both parties, for the employment of a deputy sheriff whose primary duties shall be the enforcement of the ABC laws in Gates County under the direction and control of the County Board of Alcoholic Control, and who shall perform such other law enforcement duties as may be specified in the agreement under the direction of the Sheriff of Gates County.

The deputy sheriff herein authorized shall receive the salary specified in the agreement, and the County ABC Board is authorized to contribute to the payment of his salary any portion or all of the amount it is authorized by law to expend for law enforcement purposes.

The deputy sheriff so employed shall have the same power and authority conferred upon law enforcement officers by G. S. 18-45.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1969.