§ 114-15.1. Department heads to report possible violations of criminal statutes involving misuse of State property to State Bureau of Investigation. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 114‑15.1.  Department heads to report possibleviolations of criminal statutes involving misuse of State property to StateBureau of Investigation.

Any person employed by the State of North Carolina, its agencies orinstitutions, who receives any information or evidence of an attempted arson,or arson, damage of, theft from, or theft of, or embezzlement from, orembezzlement of, or misuse of, any state‑owned personal property,buildings or other real property, shall as soon as possible, but not later thanthree days from receipt of the information or evidence, report such informationor evidence to his immediate supervisor, who shall in turn report suchinformation or evidence to the head of the respective department, agency, orinstitution. The head of any department, agency, or institution receiving suchinformation or evidence shall, within a reasonable time but no later than 10days from receipt thereof, report such information in writing to the Directorof the State Bureau of Investigation.

Upon receipt of notification and information as provided for in thissection, the State Bureau of Investigation shall, if appropriate, conduct aninvestigation.

The employees of all State departments, agencies and institutions arehereby required to cooperate with the State Bureau of Investigation, itsofficers and agents, as far as may be possible, in aid of such investigation.

If such investigation reveals a possible violation of the criminallaws, the results thereof shall be reported by the State Bureau of Investigationto the district attorney of any district if the same concerns persons oroffenses in his district. (1977, c. 763; 2003‑214,s. 1(1).)