GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 571

SENATE BILL 508

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEGAL AUTHORITY AND LIMITED LIABILITY TO IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE OFFICERS WHO WORK WITH STATE OR LOCAL OFFICERS AS ARE ACCORDED OTHER FEDERAL OFFICERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-406(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)      For purposes of this section, 'federal law enforcement officer' means any of the following persons who are employed as full-time law enforcement officers by the federal government and who are authorized to carry firearms in the performance of their duties:

(1)       United States Secret Service special agents;

(2)       Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents;

(3)       Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms special agents;

(4)       United States Naval Investigative Service special agents;

(5)       Drug Enforcement Administration special agents;

(6)       United States Customs Service officers;

(7)       United States Postal Service inspectors;

(8)       Internal Revenue Service special agents;

(9)       United States Marshals Service marshals and deputies;

(10)     United States Forest Service officers;

(11)     National Park Service officers; and

(12)     United States Fish and Wildlife Service officers. officers; and

(13) Immigration and Naturalization Service officers."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of June, 1994.

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives