GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	2
SENATE BILL 531
Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/10/01

Short Title:	Umstead Act Exception/Community Colleges.	()	
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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:
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(3a)	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 a community college campus or in the service area of a community college 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."
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 a community college campus or in the service area of a community college for the specific services in support of economic development that are set out in G.S. 66-58(c)(3a). The board of trustees of a community college must specifically approve any use of facilities or personnel under this subsection. The State Board shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this subsection and G.S. 66-58(c)(3a)."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.