Bill Summary for H 303 (2021-2022)

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Apr 22 2021

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View NCGA Bill Details2021
House Bill 303 (Local) Filed Monday, March 15, 2021
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GREENSBORO TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY; TO ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY CONTRACTS IN THE CITY OF GREENSBORO; AND TO ALLOW THE CITY OF GREENSBORO TO USE CIVILIAN TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS TO INVESTIGATE PROPERTY DAMAGE CRASHES.
Intro. by Clemmons, Faircloth, Hardister, Quick.

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House committee substitute to the 2nd edition adds the following new content. 

Authorizes the City of Greensboro (City) to employ and allows civilian personnel, to be known as "Civilian Traffic Investigators" to investigate traffic crashes. Requires the City to establish minimum standards for employment. Requires attending a training program designed by the City's police department in consultation with the NC Justice Academy, and spend at least four weeks in field training with a law enforcement officer who has experience conducting traffic crash investigations. Provides for issuance of credentials and a uniform clearly identifying the individual as a civilian traffic investigator. Allows for civilian traffic investigators to be issued or use a vehicle that has emergency equipment and red and amber lights; prohibits such vehicles from using blue lights or bearing symbols or markings that identify the vehicle as a police vehicle. Restricts investigations of civilian traffic investigators to crashes involving property damage subject to State motor vehicle laws. Explicitly denies civilian traffic investigators the authority to arrest, issue criminal process, or be issued a weapon, but grants the investigator the authority of an officer to tow or remove a vehicle that is obstructing a public street or highway. Requires the City to report to the specified NCGA committees on the training and use of civilian traffic investigators by December 31, 2022, for the period commencing on the date the act becomes law and ending November 1, 2022. 

Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.