GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL DRH30464-MKa-195

 

 

 

Short Title:      College of the Albemarle/Dare County.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representative Boswell.

Referred to:

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide flexibility to the college of the ALBEMARLE in using state funds to enter into A construction project with Dare county for educational facilities.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2017‑183 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Board of Trustees of the College of the Albemarle may expend State funds appropriated for capital improvements, including Connect NC Bond funds, for the construction and renovation of educational facilities owned by and located on property owned by a county within the service area of the College of the Albemarle (Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans Counties), including the following pending project:projects:

(1)        Construction of a public safety facility located in Currituck County, which would enable the relocation of the community college's emergency services programs.

(2)        Construction of two facilities and renovation of a third facility located in Dare County. The facilities would house community college transfer programs and health care, public safety, and other vocational community college programs for adults and for high school students participating in Career and College Promise programs.

Any facility constructed or renovated under this authority shall be leased for a period of at least 30 years to the Board of Trustees of the College of the Albemarle. If the lessor terminates the lease through no fault of the college, a prorated amount of the building cost supported by State funds, amortized over the lease period, shall be returned to the college."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.