Bill Text: NC S505 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Add Member to NC Training Standards
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S505 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-S505-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
S 1
SENATE BILL 505*
Short Title: Add Member to NC Training Standards. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Ballard, Sanderson (Primary Sponsors); Bishop, Rabin, and Van Duyn. |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate |
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March 30, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that the Police Benevolent Association can appoint one full‑time sworn law enforcement officer to serve on the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 17C‑3(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 17C‑3. North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission established; members; terms; vacancies.
(a) There is established the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, hereinafter called "the Commission." The Commission shall be composed of 34 members as follows:
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(4) At‑large Groups. –
One individual representing and appointed by each of the following
organizations: one mayor selected by the League of Municipalities; one law‑enforcement
training officer selected by the North Carolina Law‑Enforcement Training
Officers' Association; one criminal justice professional selected by the North
Carolina Criminal Justice Association; one sworn law‑enforcement officer
selected by the North State Law‑Enforcement Officers' Association; one
member selected by the North Carolina Law‑Enforcement Women's
Association; and one District Attorney selected by the North Carolina
Association of District Attorneys.Attorneys; and one full‑time sworn
law‑enforcement officer selected by the North Carolina Police Benevolent
Association. The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association member shall have
full voting privileges with the exception of cases being heard before the
probable cause committee involving their own members.
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SECTION 2. As enacted by Section 1 of this act, the initial term of office for the member selected by the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association shall begin on July 1, 2017, and shall expire on June 30, 2020. Consistent with G.S. 17C‑3(b), subsequent appointees to these slots shall be appointed for a term of three years, but notwithstanding the appointment for a term of years, the member shall serve at the will of the appointing authority.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.