GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-285
SENATE BILL 630
AN ACT to authorize the north carolina arboretum to establish a campus law enforcement agency.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 116-40.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116-40.5. Campus law enforcement agencies.
(a) The Board of Trustees
of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or of any
teaching hospital affiliated with but not part of any constituent institution
of The University of North Carolina, or the Board of Directors of the North
Carolina Arboretum, may establish a campus law enforcement agency and
employ campus police officers. Such officers shall meet the requirements of
Chapter 17C of the General Statutes, shall take the oath of office prescribed
by Article VI, Section 7 of the Constitution, and shall have all the powers of
law enforcement officers generally. The territorial jurisdiction of a campus
police officer shall include all property owned or leased to the institution
employing him the campus police officer and that portion of any
public road or highway passing through such property or immediately adjoining
it, wherever located.
(b) The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or of any teaching hospital affiliated with but not part of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Arboretum, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any municipality to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the municipality's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted.
(c) The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or of any teaching hospital affiliated with but not part of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Arboretum, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any county, and with the consent of the sheriff, to extend the law enforcement authority of campus police officers into any or all of the county's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted.
(d) The Board of Trustees of any constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, or the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Arboretum, having established a campus law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any other constituent institution of The University of North Carolina to extend the law enforcement authority of its campus police officers into any or all of the other institution's jurisdiction and to determine the circumstances in which this extension of authority may be granted."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2007.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 2:26 p.m. this 27th day of July, 2007