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NC Gen Stat § 160A-280 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 12 - Sale and Disposition of Property.|§ 160A-280 - Donations of personal property to other governmental units.

 160A-280. Donations of personal property to other governmental units.(a) A city may donate to another governmental unit within the United States, a sister city, or a nonprofit organization incorporated by (i) the United States, (ii) the District of Columbia, or (iii) one of the United States, any personal property, including supplies, materials, and equipment, that the governing board deems to be surplus, obsolete, or unused. The governing board of the city shall post a public notice at least five days prior to the adoption of a resolution approving the donation. The resolution shall be adopted prior to making any donation of surplus, obsolete, or unused personal property. For purposes of this section a sister city is a city in a nation other than the United States that has entered into a formal, written agreement or memorandum of understanding with the donor city for the purposes of establishing a long term partnership to promote communication, understanding, and goodwill between peoples and to develop mutually beneficial activities, programs, and ideas. The agreement or memorandum of understanding establishing the sister city relationship shall be signed by the mayors or chief elective officer of both the donor and recipient cities.(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "governmental unit" shall have the same meaning as defined by G.S. 160A-274(a) and shall include North Carolina charter schools.(c) The authority granted to a city under this section is in addition to any authority granted under any other provision of law.  (2007-430, s. 1; 2009-141, ss. 1, 2, 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-281 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-281 - Policemen appointed.

 160A-281. Policemen appointed.A city is authorized to appoint a chief of police and to employ other police officers who may reside outside the corporate limits of the city unless the council provides otherwise. (R.C., c. 111, s. 16; Code, c. 3803; Rev., s. 2926; C.S., s. 2641; 1969, c. 23, s. 1; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 45.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-282 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-282 - Auxiliary law-enforcement personnel; workers' compensation benefits.

 160A-282. Auxiliary law-enforcement personnel; workers' compensation benefits.(a) A city may by ordinance provide for the organization of an auxiliary police department made up of volunteer members.(b) A city, by enactment of an ordinance, may provide that, while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of the city pursuant to orders or instructions of the chief of police of the city, auxiliary law-enforcement personnel shall be entitled to benefits under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits for which such volunteer personnel qualify.(c) The board of commissioners of any county may provide that persons who are deputized by the sheriff of the county as special deputy sheriffs or persons who are serving as volunteer law-enforcement officers at the request of the sheriff and under his authority, while undergoing official training and while performing duties on behalf of the county pursuant to orders or instructions of the sheriff, shall be entitled to benefits under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and to any fringe benefits for which such persons qualify.This subsection shall not apply to volunteer school safety resource officers as described in G.S. 162-26.  (1969, c. 206, s. 1; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 1263, s. 1; 1979, c. 714, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s. 28; 2013-360, s. 8.45(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-283 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-283 - Joint county and city auxiliary police.

 160A-283. Joint county and city auxiliary police.The governing body of any city, town, or county is hereby authorized to create and establish a joint law-enforcement officers' auxiliary force with one or more cities, towns, or counties. Each participating city, town, or county shall, by resolution or ordinance, establish the joint auxiliary police force. The resolution or ordinance shall specify whether the members of the joint auxiliary police force shall be volunteers or shall be paid. Members shall be appointed by the respective governmental units and shall take the oath required for regular police officers. The joint auxiliary force may be called into active service at any time by the mayor or chief of police of the participating town or city or the chairman of the board of commissioners or sheriff of a participating county. Members of the joint auxiliary force, while undergoing official training and while on active duty shall be members of the unit which called the auxiliary force into active duty and shall be entitled to all powers, privileges and immunities afforded by law to regularly employed law-enforcement officers of that unit including benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act. Members of the joint auxiliary force shall not be considered as public officers within the meaning of the North Carolina Constitution. Such members shall be dressed in the uniform prescribed by such auxiliary force at any time such members or member exercises any of the duties or authority herein provided for. (1971, c. 607; c. 896, s. 4; 1979, c. 714, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-284 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-284 - Oath of office; holding other offices.

 160A-284. Oath of office; holding other offices.(a) Each person appointed or employed as chief of police, policeman, or auxiliary policeman shall take and subscribe before some person authorized by law to administer oaths the oath of office required by Article VI, Sec. 7, of the Constitution. The oath shall be filed with the city clerk.(b) The offices of policeman and chief of police are hereby declared to be offices that may be held concurrently with any other appointive office pursuant to Article VI, Sec. 9, of the Constitution. The offices of policeman and chief of police are hereby declared to be offices that may be held concurrently with any elective office, other than elective office in the municipality employing the policeman or chief of police, pursuant to Section 9 of Article VI of the Constitution.(c) The office of auxiliary policeman is hereby declared to be an office that may be held concurrently with any elective office or appointive office pursuant to Article VI, Sec. 9, of the Constitution.  (1971, c. 698, s. 1; c. 896, s. 4; 1975, c. 664, s. 10; 2018-13, s. 4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-285 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-285 - Powers and duties of policemen.

 160A-285. Powers and duties of policemen.As a peace officer, a policeman shall have within the corporate limits of the city all of the powers invested in law-enforcement officers by statute or common law. He shall also have power to serve all civil and criminal process that may be directed to him by any officer of the General Court of Justice and may enforce the ordinances and regulations of the city as the council may direct. (Code, s. 3811; Rev., s. 2927; C.S., s. 2642; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; c. 896, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-286 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-286 - Extraterritorial jurisdiction of policemen.

 160A-286. Extraterritorial jurisdiction of policemen.In addition to their authority within the corporate limits, city policemen shall have all the powers invested in law-enforcement officers by statute or common law within one mile of the corporate limits of the city, and on all property owned by or leased to the city wherever located.Any officer pursuing an offender outside the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city shall be entitled to all of the privileges, immunities, and benefits to which he would be entitled if acting within the city, including coverage under the workers' compensation laws. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; c. 896, s. 4; 1973, c. 426, s. 46; c. 1286, s. 24; 1991, c. 636, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-287 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-287 - City lockups.

 160A-287. City lockups.A city shall have authority to establish, erect, repair, maintain and operate a lockup for the temporary detention of prisoners pending their transferal to the county or district jail or the State Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice.  (Code, ss. 704, 3117; 1901, c. 283; 1905, c. 526; Rev., s. 2916; 1907, c. 978; P.L. 1917, c. 223; C.S., s. 2623; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 58; 1927, c. 14; 1933, c. 69; 1949, c. 938; 1955, c. 77; 1959, c. 391; 1961, c. 308; 1967, c. 100, s. 2; c. 1122, s. 1; 1969, c. 944; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; c. 896, s. 4; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-288.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-288.1 - Assistance by State law-enforcement officers; rules; cost.

 160A-288.1. Assistance by State law-enforcement officers; rules; cost.(a) The governing body of any city or county may request the Governor to assign temporarily State law-enforcement officers with statewide authority to provide law-enforcement protection when local law-enforcement officers: (i) are engaged in a strike; (ii) are engaged in a slowdown; (iii) otherwise refuse to fulfill their law-enforcement responsibilities; or (iv) submit mass resignations. The request from the governing body of the city or county shall be in writing. The request from a county governing board shall be upon the advice of the sheriff of the county.(b) The Governor shall formulate such rules, policies or guidelines as may be necessary to establish a plan under which temporary State law-enforcement assistance will be provided to cities and counties. The Governor may delegate the responsibility for developing appropriate rules, policies or guidelines to the head of any State department. The Governor may also delegate to a department head the authority to determine the number of officers to be assigned in a particular case, if any, and the length of time they are to be assigned.(c) While providing assistance to a city or county, a State law-enforcement officer shall be considered an employee of the State for all purposes, including compensation and fringe benefits.(d) While providing assistance to the city or county, a State officer shall be subject to the lawful operational commands of his State superior officers. The ranking representative of each State law-enforcement agency providing assistance shall consult with the appropriate city or county officials prior to deployment of the State officers under his command. (1979, c. 639, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-288.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-288.3 - Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2019-109, s. 1, effective October 1, 2020.

 160A-288.3. Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2019-109, s. 1, effective October 1, 2020.
NC Gen Stat § 160A-289 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-289 - Training and development programs for law enforcement.

 160A-289. Training and development programs for law enforcement.A city shall have authority to plan and execute training and development programs for law-enforcement agencies, and for that purpose may(1) Contract with other cities, counties, and the State and federal governments and their agencies;(2) Accept, receive, and disburse funds, grants and services;(3) Create joint agencies to act for and on behalf of participating counties and cities;(4) Make applications for, receive, administer, and expend federal grant funds; and(5) Appropriate and expend available tax or nontax funds. (1969, c. 1145, s. 3; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; c. 896, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-289.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-289.1 - Resources to protect the public.

 160A-289.1. Resources to protect the public.Subject to the requirements of G.S. 7A-41, 7A-44.1, 7A-64, 7A-102, 7A-133, and 7A-498.7, a city may appropriate funds under contract with the State for the provision of services for the speedy disposition of cases involving drug offenses, domestic violence, or other offenses involving threats to public safety. Nothing in this section shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to make any appropriation to implement the provisions of this section. Further, nothing in this section shall be construed to obligate the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Office of Indigent Defense Services to maintain positions or services initially provided for under this section. (1999-237, s. 17.17(c); 2000-67, s. 15.4(f); 2001-424, s. 22.11(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-289.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 13 - Law Enforcement.|§ 160A-289.2 - Neighborhood crime watch programs.

 160A-289.2. Neighborhood crime watch programs.A city may establish neighborhood crime watch programs within the city to encourage residents and business owners to promote citizen involvement in securing homes, businesses, and personal property against criminal activity and to report suspicious activities to law enforcement officials. (2006-181, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-291 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14 - Fire Protection.|§ 160A-291 - Firemen appointed.

 160A-291. Firemen appointed.A city is authorized to appoint a fire chief; to employ other firemen; to establish, organize, equip, and maintain a fire department; and to prescribe the duties of the fire department. (1917, c. 136, subch. 8, s. 1; C.S., s. 2801; 1969, c. 1065, s. 3; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-292 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14 - Fire Protection.|§ 160A-292 - Duties of fire chief.

 160A-292. Duties of fire chief.Where not otherwise prescribed, the duties of the fire chief shall be to preserve and care for fire apparatus, have charge of fighting and extinguishing fires and training the fire department, seek out and have corrected all places and conditions dangerous to the safety of the city and its citizens from fire, and make annual reports to the council concerning these duties. If these duties include State Building Code enforcement, they shall follow the provisions as defined in G.S. 143-151.13. (1969, c. 1065, s. 3; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1989, c. 681, s. 13.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-293 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14 - Fire Protection.|§ 160A-293 - Fire protection outside city limits; immunity; injury to firemen.

 160A-293. Fire protection outside city limits; immunity; injury to firemen.(a) A city may install and maintain water mains, pipes, hydrants, buildings and equipment outside its corporate limits and may send its firemen and equipment outside its corporate limits to provide fire protection to rural or unincorporated areas pursuant to agreements between the city and the county, or between the city and the owner of the property to be protected. Counties are hereby authorized to enter into these agreements and to make from tax funds any payments agreed upon for rural fire protection.(b) No city or any officer or employee thereof shall be held to answer in any civil action or proceeding for failure or delay in answering calls for fire protection outside the corporate limits, nor shall any city be held to answer in any civil action or proceeding for the acts or omissions of its officers or employees in rendering fire protection services outside its corporate limits.(c) Any employee of a city fire department, while engaged in any duty or activity outside the corporate limits of the city pursuant to orders of the fire chief or council, shall have all of the jurisdiction, authority, rights, privileges, and immunities, including coverage under the workers' compensation laws, which they have within the corporate limits of the city. (1919, c. 244; C.S., s. 2804; 1941, c. 188; 1947, c. 669; 1949, c. 89; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1991, c. 636, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-294 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14 - Fire Protection.|§ 160A-294 - Loss of rural fire employment.

 160A-294. Loss of rural fire employment.(a) Whenever a city annexes any territory under Parts 2 or 3 of Article 4A of this Chapter, and because of the annexation the rural fire department must terminate the employment of any full-time employee, then the annexing city must take one of the three actions listed below with respect to any person who has been in such full-time employment for two years or more at the time of adoption of the resolution of intent:(1) The annexing city may offer employment without loss of salary or seniority and place the person in a position as near as possible in type to the position that was held in the rural fire department; or(2) The annexing city may offer employment in some other department of the city at a comparable salary and seniority; or(3) The city may choose to pay to the person a sum equal to the person's salary for one year as the equivalent of severance pay. For the purpose of this subsection, the person's salary was his total salary with the rural fire department for the 12-month period ending on the last pay period before the resolution of consideration was adopted, plus any increased salary due to reasonable cost-of-living increases and bona fide promotions; provided that if no resolution of consideration was required to be adopted because of either G.S. 160A-37(j) or G.S. 160A-49(j), or because the resolution of intent was adopted prior to July 1, 1984, the person's salary was his total salary with the rural fire department for the 12-month period ending on the last pay period before the resolution of intent was adopted, plus any increased salary due to reasonable cost-of-living increases and bona fide promotions.(b) This section is effective with respect to all annexations where an annexation ordinance is adopted on or after January 1, 1983, except that it is also effective with respect to all annexations where an annexation ordinance was adopted before January 1, 1983, but on January 1, 1983, the annexation ordinance:(1) Was under review under G.S. 160A-38 or G.S. 160A-50, and a stay is in effect under G.S. 160A-38(e) or G.S. 160A-50(e); or(2) Was subject to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 but had not yet been approved under that act. (1983, c. 636, s. 25.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-294.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14 - Fire Protection.|§ 160A-294.1 - Honoring deceased or retiring firefighters.

 160A-294.1. Honoring deceased or retiring firefighters.A fire department established by a municipality pursuant to this Article may, in the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, award to a retiring firefighter or a surviving relative of a deceased firefighter, upon request, the fire helmet of the deceased or retiring firefighter, at a price determined in a manner authorized by the governing body. The price may be less than the fair market value of the helmet. (2003-145, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-295 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14A - Municipal Firefighters.|§ 160A-295 - (Contingent effective date - see Editor's note) Definitions.

 160A-295. (Contingent effective date - see Editor's note) Definitions.As used in this Article, the following terms mean:(1) Compensatory time. - Time off with regular compensation in lieu of immediate overtime premium pay when a fire department, under certain conditions, compensates the firefighter for overtime hours worked.(2) Firefighter. - A full-time, paid employee of an employer, maintaining a fire department certified by the North Carolina Department of Insurance, who is actively serving in a position with assigned primary duties and responsibilities for the prevention, detection, and suppression of fire.(3) Supervisory personnel. - An individual employed by a public safety employer who (i) has the authority in the interest of the employer to hire, direct, assign, promote, reward, transfer, furlough, lay off, recall, suspend, discipline, or remove public safety officers, or to adjust their grievances or effectively recommend an adjustment, provided that the exercise of the authority is not merely routine or clerical in nature, but requires consistent exercise of independent judgment; and (ii) devotes a majority of time at work exercising that authority.(4) Trade time. - The time one individual substitutes for another during scheduled work hours in performance of work in the same capacity when two individuals are employed in any occupation by the same fire department, as agreed to solely at the individual's option and with the approval of the management of the fire department. The hours worked are excluded by the employer in the calculation of the hours for which the substituting employee would otherwise be entitled to overtime compensation under this Article. Where one employee substitutes for another, the employee being substituted for is credited as if he or she had worked his or her normal work schedule for that shift.  (2008-151, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-295.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14A - Municipal Firefighters.|§ 160A-295.2 - (Contingent effective date - see Editor's note) Authority of Department of Labor.

 160A-295.2. (Contingent effective date - see Editor's note) Authority of Department of Labor.The Department of Labor shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this Article to the extent that these provisions are not subject to enforcement under the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 207).  (2008-151, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-295.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 14A - Municipal Firefighters.|§ 160A-295.3 - (Contingent effective date - see Editor's note) Applicability.

 160A-295.3. (Contingent effective date - see Editor's note) Applicability.This Article applies only to full-time paid firefighters and other full-time paid members of a fire department of a municipality that employs five or more employees in fire protection during the workweek.  (2008-151, s. 1.)