GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 689

Short Title:  DMV Agents/Peace Officers.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Johnson of Cabarrus.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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March 30, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES THE POWERS OF PEACE OFFICERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-49 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(10)	At any time to arrest without warrant any person who, in their presence, is engaged in the violation of any of the laws of the State, and at any time and without special authority, arrest persons accused of highway robbery, bank robbery, murder, and other crimes of violence."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.