AN ACT to clarify that LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF COUNTIES SHALL INCLUDE OFFICERS OF CONSOLIDATED COUNTY‑CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A‑402(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	County Officers, Outside Territory, for Felonies. – Law‑enforcement officers of counties may arrest persons at any place in the State of North Carolina when the arrest is based upon a felony committed within the territory described in subsection (b). For purposes of this subsection, law enforcement officers of counties shall include all officers of consolidated county‑city law enforcement agencies."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of May, 2007.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2007