AN ACT to make modifications to the butner public safety AUTHORITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 122C‑408(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Authority Established. – There is hereby created an authority known as the Butner Public Safety Authority, which is a body politic and corporate, to provide fire and police protection for the territory of the Camp Butner Reservation and the corporate limits of the Town of Butner."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 122C‑408(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Authority of Special Police Officers. – After taking the oath of office required for law‑enforcement officers, the special police officers authorized by this section shall have the authority of deputy sheriffs of Durham and Granville Counties in those counties respectively. Within the territorial jurisdiction stated in subsection (a5) of this section, the special police officers have the primary responsibility to enforce the laws of North Carolina, the ordinances of the Town of Butner, and any rule applicable to the Camp Butner Reservation adopted under authority of this Part or under G.S. 143‑116.6 or G.S. 143‑116.7 or under the authority granted any other agency of the State and also have the powers set forth for firemen in Articles 80, 82, and 83 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes. Any civil or criminal process to be served on any individual confined at any State facility within the territorial jurisdiction described in subsection (a5) of this section shall be forwarded by the sheriff of the county in which the process originated to the Director of the authority. Special police officers authorized by this section shall be assigned to transport any individual transferred to or from any State facility within the territorial jurisdiction described in subsection (a5) of this section to or from the psychiatric service of the University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 122C‑408(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Provision of Services. – The authority may contract with the Secretary of Public Safety to provide fire and police protection to the Camp Butner Reservation and the corporate limits of the Town of Butner on such terms and conditions as the parties may agree. In such event, the employees of the Department of Public Safety shall remain employees of the State. While the contract between the Secretary of Public Safety and the Town of Butner is in effect, the Secretary of Public Safety shall consult with the voting members of the authority concerning the Department's hiring of the Director of the authority. The consultation shall include, but not be limited to, the voting members of the authority reviewing and providing their comments to the Secretary of Public Safety on the credentials of the applicants for said position. In performing its functions under this subsection, the voting members of the authority shall have the same access to the applicants' personnel records pursuant to Article 7 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes as the Secretary of Public Safety and are subject to the same restraints concerning the personnel information as set out in that Article. After consultation with the authority, the Secretary of Public Safety shall select and hire the Director of the authority."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2012.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives