A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT directing the state board of community colleges to study strategies for making the construction process for community college facilities more efficient.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The State Board of Community Colleges shall review the construction process for community college facilities and shall study strategies for making the process more efficient.  In the course of the study the Board shall consider:
(1)	The capacity of the various colleges to construct capital facilities without oversight by the Office of State Construction;
(2)	The appropriateness of increasing the cost threshold at which oversight by the Office of State Construction is required for some or all of the colleges; and
(3)	The need for oversight by the Office of State Construction in counties with an effective county review process.
The State Board of Community Colleges shall report the results of its study to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee prior to March 30, 2010.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.