North Carolina HB 283: Increase Troopers in Mecklenburg County.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2021-03-15)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2021 · Bill: HB 283

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGETING, COUNTIES, EMERGENCY SERVICES, HIGHWAY PATROL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, PERSONNEL, PUBLIC, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.

Sponsors: Belk, Hunt, Logan, A. Baker, Alexander, Autry, Carney, Cunningham, Hawkins, Insko, Lofton, Majeed, R. Smith

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
H 1
HOUSE BILL 283

Short Title: Increase Troopers in Mecklenburg County. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Logan, Belk, Hunt, and Majeed (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 15, 2021
*H283-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STATE TROOPERS ASSIGNED TO 2
MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway 5
Patrol the sum of eight hundred twenty-one thousand eighty-nine dollars ($821,089) in recurring 6
funds for each year of the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, and six hundred sixty thousand dollars 7
($660,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, to be used to fund 12 full-time 8
State Trooper positions. 9
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding G.S. 20-192 and any rules and regulations created 10
pursuant to that statute, the State Trooper positions funded in this act shall result in an increase 11
of at least 12 State Troopers assigned to State Highway Patrol District H5 of Troop H. 12
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2021. 13

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