North Carolina § 143B-1010 - North Carolina Center for Missing Persons established.
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§ 143B-1010. North Carolina Center for Missing Persons established.
There is established within the Department of Public Safety the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, which shall be organized and staffed in accordance with applicable laws. The purpose of the Center is to serve as a central repository for information regarding missing persons and missing children, with special emphasis on missing children. The Center may utilize the Federal Bureau of Investigation/National Crime Information Center's missing person computerized file (hereinafter referred to as FBI/NCIC) through the use of the Police Information Network in the North Carolina Department of Justice. History (1985, c. 765, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1000, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (w).) Editor's Note. - Session Law 2011-145, s. 19.1(w) recodified former Part 5A (G.S. 143B-495 et seq.) of Article 11 of Chapter 143B as Subpart B (G.S. 143B-272.60 et seq.) of Part 5 of Article 5A of Chapter 143B . Article 5A was renumbered as Article 13 and G.S. 143B-272.60 was renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Public Safety" for "Crime Control and Public Safety" in the first sentence.
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