GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 634
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/1/95

Short Title:  Prisoner Transport.	(Public)

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March 30, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION OF CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHILE TRANSPORTING PERSONS IN CUSTODY WITHIN THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 15A-402(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	City Officers, Outside Territory. – Law-enforcement officers of cities may arrest persons at any point which is one mile or less from the nearest point in the boundary of such city.  Law enforcement officers of cities may transport a person in custody to or from any place within the State for the purpose of that person attending criminal court proceedings.  While engaged in the transportation of persons for the purpose of attending criminal court proceedings, law enforcement officers of cities may arrest persons at any place within the State for offenses occurring in connection with and incident to the transportation of persons in custody."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995.