GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 340

Short Title:  Wildlife Protectors Enforcement.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Barker; Daniel, Sherron, and Hardin.
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Referred to:  Marine Resources and Wildlife.
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March 6, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT GRANTING GREATER LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO WILDLIFE PROTECTORS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S.113-136 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d1)	In addition to the enforcement authority provided elsewhere in this section and by any other provisions of law, protectors shall have law enforcement authority with respect to any violation of the criminal laws of the State that they shall observe or that shall come to their notice in the course of carrying out their primary duties and responsibilities.  Pursuant to such authority, any protector may execute any appropriate criminal process and, upon probable cause to believe that a criminal offense is being committed in his presence, may arrest without warrant as provided by G.S. 15A-401(b)."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.