§ 116‑43.20.  Operation of 4‑H camps.

(a) North Carolina State University shall not close the 4‑H camps listed in subdivisions (1) through (3) of this subsection. Further, North Carolina State University shall continue to operate each of those camps as 4‑H camps and to offer programs and services at the sites of each of those camps at a level that is at least equivalent to the programs and services offered at each site as of June 30, 2013. The following three 4‑H camps are to continue and are to be operated as 4‑H camps as provided by this subsection:

(1) Eastern 4‑H Center located in Columbia, NC.

(2) Millstone 4‑H Camp located near Ellerbe, NC.

(3) Betsy‑Jeff Penn 4‑H Educational Center located near Reidsville, NC.

(b) The 4‑H camps that were located at the sites listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection have ceased to operate as 4‑H camps. At the request of the board of county commissioners of any county that is the site of one of the defunct 4‑H camps listed in this subsection, North Carolina State University shall consult with the board regarding actions that may be taken to reopen the 4‑H camp in that county and other options that may be available for the use of the site.

Within 90 days after any consultation with a board of county commissioners conducted pursuant to this subsection, North Carolina State University shall submit a written report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division regarding the feasibility of reopening the site as a 4‑H camp and any other options considered for the use of the site.

The list of defunct 4‑H camps follows:

(1) Anita‑Alta 4‑H Camp in the Pisgah National Forest in Lenoir, NC.

(2) Swannanoa 4‑H Camp located at Swannanoa, NC.

(c) North Carolina State University shall take all practicable measures to operate the 4‑H camps in a manner that will generate a positive fund balance in the institutional trust funds that account for the activities of the 4‑H camps. (2014‑100, s. 11.7(a).)