A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the PIEDMONT TRIAD WATER authority to establish a special police agency.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 162A‑6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 162A‑6.  Powers of authority generally.
(a)	Each authority created hereunder shall be deemed to be a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions to provide for the public health and welfare, and each authority is authorized and empowered:
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(14e)	To establish a special police agency under Chapter 74E of the General Statutes. Officers employed by a special police agency established pursuant to this subdivision have the powers granted by G.S. 74E‑6(c) in relation to all of the property owned by the water and sewer authority, including lakes and reservoirs.
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SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority and its property in Guilford and Randolph Counties.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.