GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 531
     

 
Short Title:	Umstead Act Exception/Community Colleges.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Dalton;  Carter, Gulley, Hartsell, Hoyle, Lucas, and Martin of Guilford.	
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.	
March 19, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exempt certain community college activities from the umstead act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 66‑58(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(c)	The provisions of subsection (a) shall not prohibit:
…
(19)	The use of community college personnel or facilities, with the consent of the trustees of that college, in support of or by a private business enterprise located on or near a community college campus for one or more of the following specific services in support of economic development:
a.	Information technology outsourcing and telecommuting sites;
b.	Small business incubators; and 
c.	Product testing services for North Carolina based industries.
…."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115D‑5 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d1)	Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, a community college may permit the use of its personnel or facilities, in support of or by a private business enterprise located on or near a community college campus for the specific services in support of economic development that are set out in G.S. 66-58(c)(19)."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.