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114th Regular Session (2025-2026) Introduced by Gino Bulso

Pineville may establish a Reserve Police Division and pay reserve officers for active-duty time; the town council sets compensation and funding policies.

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Bill Summary · HB 320

Summary — HB 320: Town of Pineville / Reserve Police

Status: Passed 1st Reading
Introduced/Filed: (House) March 6, 2025; metadata also lists a filing date of Sept. 3, 2025
Jurisdiction: Town of Pineville (North Carolina)
Primary subject areas: Local government, law enforcement, municipal employment, salaries & benefits

Purpose and intent

HB 320 amends the Town of Pineville’s municipal charter to authorize the town to establish a formal reserve police division and to permit the town to pay reserve officers for time spent on active duty. The change clarifies that reserve officers may be compensated and assigns responsibility for setting and paying that compensation to the town council.

Key provisions

  • Adds a new charter section (Sec. 17.A) authorizing the Town of Pineville to establish a Reserve Police Division.
  • Specifies that the reserve division is in addition to any auxiliary police department authorized under G.S. 160A‑282.
  • Allows reserve police officers to receive compensation for any active-duty time they perform.
  • Directs the town council to set (fix) the amount of compensation for reserve officers and ensure payment.

Who is affected

  • Reserve police officers and prospective reserve applicants in the Town of Pineville (they may receive pay for active duty).
  • Town of Pineville government: town council (responsible for establishing the division and setting pay), finance/purchasing/payroll functions.
  • Residents and local stakeholders: potential impacts on policing capacity and municipal budget/priorities.
  • Potentially local collective bargaining or employment policy frameworks (depending on how reserves are incorporated).

Fiscal and operational impact

  • Direct fiscal impact is local and conditional: creating/maintaining a reserve division and compensating officers will increase expenditures to the extent the town chooses to pay reserves and to the extent reserves are activated. The bill does not specify pay rates or funding sources.
  • Administrative impacts include payroll setup, recordkeeping, training, supervision, and potential changes to insurance/liability coverage.
  • The town council retains flexibility to control fiscal exposure by setting compensation levels and policies governing activation of reserves.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • The amendment is written as a charter change and takes effect when the act becomes law (i.e., upon enactment).
  • The town retains discretion on whether and when to establish the reserve division and how to implement compensation policies.

Context / legal reference

  • The bill references existing authority for auxiliary police (G.S. 160A‑282) and explicitly makes the reserve division an additional, separately authorized option for the town.

If you’d like, I can prepare a concise briefing for the town council showing sample compensation scenarios and estimated annual costs under different reserve-activation assumptions.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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