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May 15, 2017 (Regular Meeting) Page 3147 (b) Official meetings. A registered sex offender who has the right to be present at an official meeting shall have the limited privilege of entering on and into a park or recreation facility for such time as is necessary to attend that meeting or function, but loitering or lingering in any form shall be a violation of this article. The privilege shall only extend to those parts of the park and/or recreation facility that are being used for meetings of that kind and any registered sex offender found outside of those parts shall be punished as provided in section 50-37. (c) Consistency with the Jessica Lunsford Act. After November 30, 2008, any action prohibited by this article that would also be a violation of G.S. 14- 208.18 (2008) shall no longer be considered a violation of this article. For example, after November 30, 2008: (1) A registered sex offender who enters a park and/or recreation facility playground will no longer be in violation of this article because of the prohibition of the same conduct by G.S. 14-208. 18 (a) (1) (2008) ; (2) A registered sex offender who enters park and/or recreation facility property that is held open to the general public that at the time in question is being used for a youth birthday party may not be deemed in violation of this article because of the prohibition of the same conduct by G.S. 14-208.18 (a) (2) (2008; and (3) A registered sex offender will not be in violation of this article for being on park and/or recreation facility property where minors have gathered for regularly scheduled recreational programs because of the prohibition of the same conduct by G.S. 14-208.18 (a) (3) (2008) . (Ord. No. 2009-04, § 3, 1-20-09) Sec. 50-34 . - Scope. Territorial scope. This article shall be effective within and upon all county parks and recreation facilities and shall regulate the use thereof by all persons. (Ord. No. 2009-04, § 4, 1-20-09) Sec. 50-35. - Enforcement. (a) Enforcement. Duly sworn law enforcement officers with jurisdiction within the county parks and recreation facilities shall have the duty to enforce this article. (b) Detaining a subject. A law enforcement officer may detain a person within a county park or recreation facility under this article for a reasonable amount of time to inquire about that person's status as a registered sex offender if the officer reasonably believes, or has probable cause to believe, that the person is a registered sex offender who is in violation of this article or has committed a crime for which the person, if convicted, could be required to register as a sex offender. Nothing in this section shall limit a law enforcement officer from running any background check that is currently permissible under the law. (Ord. No. 2009-04, § 5, 1-20-09) Sec. 50-36. - Construction of article. In the interpretation of this article: (1) Any term in the singular shall include the plural; (2) Any term in the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter; (3) Any requirement or prohibition of any act shall, respectively, extend to and include the causing or procuring, directly or indirectly, of such act; (4) No provision of this article shall make unlawful any act necessarily performed by any officer or employee of the county or the department in the line of duty or work as such, or by any person, his agents or employees, in the proper and necessary execution of the terms of any agreement of the county or the department; (5) This article is in addition to and supplements state law.