GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 409

 
 
Short Title:	Charter Schools/Law Changes.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Gulley; and Hartsell.	
Referred to:	Finance.	
March 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW CHARTER SCHOOLS TO OBTAIN THE SAME PERMANENT LICENSE PLATES AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS and TO ENSURE THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE FUNDS ACCRUING TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT FROM PENALTIES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑84(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(b)	Permanent Registration Plates. – The Division may issue permanent plates for the following motor vehicles:
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(17)	A motor vehicle that is owned by a nonprofit corporation authorized under G.S. 115C-238.29D to operate a charter school and that is operated exclusively by that charter school."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑238.29H(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	If a student attends a charter school, the local school administrative unit in which the child resides shall transfer to the charter school an amount equal to the per pupil local current expense appropriation to the local school administrative unit for the fiscal year and an amount equal to the per pupil revenue from penalties, fines, and forfeitures, accruing to the local school administrative unit by virtue of Article IX, Sec. 7, of the Constitution or by statute for the fiscal year."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.