GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2012-50
HOUSE BILL 1108
AN ACT to make modifications to the butner public safety AUTHORITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 122C-408(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)
Authority Established. - There is hereby created an authority known as the
Butner Public Safety Authority, which is a body politic and corporate, to
provide fire and police protection for the territory of the Camp Butner Reservation.
Reservation and the corporate limits of the Town of Butner."
SECTION 2. G.S. 122C-408(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)
Authority of Special Police Officers. - After taking the oath of office
required for law-enforcement officers, the special police officers authorized
by this section shall have the authority of deputy sheriffs of Durham and
Granville Counties in those counties respectively. Within the territorial
jurisdiction stated in subsection (a7) (a5) of this section, the
special police officers have the primary responsibility to enforce the laws of
North Carolina, the ordinances of the Town of Butner, and any rule applicable
to the Camp Butner Reservation adopted under authority of this Part or under
G.S. 143-116.6 or G.S. 143-116.7 or under the authority granted any
other agency of the State and also have the powers set forth for firemen in
Articles 80, 82, and 83 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes. Any civil or
criminal process to be served on any individual confined at any State facility
within the territorial jurisdiction described in subsection (a7) (a5)
of this section shall be forwarded by the sheriff of the county in which
the process originated to the Director of the authority. Special police
officers authorized by this section shall be assigned to transport any
individual transferred to or from any State facility within the territorial
jurisdiction described in subsection (a7) (a5) of this section to
or from the psychiatric service of the University of North Carolina Hospitals
at Chapel Hill."
SECTION 3. G.S. 122C-408(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)
Hiring of Director. Provision of Services. - The authority shall
may contract with the Secretary of Public Safety to provide fire and
police protection to the Camp Butner Reservation and the corporate limits of
the Town of Butner so long as the Department provides the level of services
required by the authority. on such terms and conditions as the parties
may agree. In such event, the employees of the Department of Public Safety
shall remain employees of the State. While the contract between the Secretary
of Public Safety and the Town of Butner is in effect, the Secretary of Public
Safety shall consult with the voting members of the authority concerning the
Department's hiring of the Director of the authority. The consultation shall
include, but not be limited to, the voting members of the authority reviewing
and providing their comments to the Secretary of Public Safety on the
credentials of the applicants for said position. In performing its functions
under this subsection, the voting members of the authority shall have the same
access to the applicants' personnel records pursuant to Article 7 of Chapter
126 of the General Statutes as the Secretary of Public Safety and are subject
to the same restraints concerning the personnel information as set out in that
Article. After consultation with the authority, the Secretary of Public Safety
shall select and hire the Director of the authority."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2012.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives