A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW compANY POLICE OFFICERS CONTRACTED BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO EXERCISE POLICE POWERS ON CHARLOTTE AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM VEHICLES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 74E‑6(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	All Company Police. – Company police officers, while in the performance of their duties of employment, have the same powers as municipal and county police officers to make arrests for both felonies and misdemeanors and to charge for infractions on any of the following:
(1)	Real property owned by or in the possession and control of their employer.
(2)	Real property owned by or in the possession and control of a person who has contracted with the employer to provide on‑site company police security personnel services for the property.
(2a)	Any public transportation vehicle owned by or in the possession and control of a person who has contracted with the employer to provide company police security personnel services for the property.
(3)	Any other real property while in continuous and immediate pursuit of a person for an offense committed upon property described in subdivisions (1) or (2) of this subsection.
Company police officers shall have, if duly authorized by the superior officer in charge, the authority to carry concealed weapons pursuant to and in conformity with G.S. 14‑269(b)(4) and (5)."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Charlotte only, but also applies to any public transportation vehicles operated by the city within Mecklenburg County.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.