NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 590

HOUSE BILL 888

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STATE FINANCING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION CENTERS WHICH SERVE FOUR OR MORE COUNTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115A-2 is amended by adding thereto a new definition paragraph to be numbered (4) and to read as follows:

"(4)      The term 'regional institution' means an institution which serves four or more counties which have been assigned as of July 1, 1973 to the institution by the Department of Community Colleges for purposes of conducting adult education classes."

and by renumbering existing definition paragraphs (4) through (7) as (5) through (8).

Sec. 2.  G.S. 115A-18 is amended by adding to subsection (a) a new paragraph to be numbered (3) and to read as follows:

"(3)      Additional support for regional institutions: Matching funds to be used with local funds to meet the financial needs of the regional institutions for the items set out in G.S. 115A-19. The amount of matching funds to be provided by the State under this section shall be determined as follows: The population of the county in which the regional institution is located shall be called the 'local factor'; the combined populations of all the other counties served by the institution shall be called the 'State factor'. When the budget for the items listed in G.S. 115A-19 has been approved under the procedures set out in G.S. 115A-27, the county in which the regional institution is located shall provide a percentage to be determined by dividing the local factor by the sum of the local factor and the State factor. The State shall provide a percentage of the necessary funds to meet this budget, the percentage to be determined by dividing the State factor by the sum of the local factor and the State factor. If the local county provides less than its proportionate share, the amount of State funds provided shall be reduced by the same proportion as were the county funds."

Sec. 3.  Wherever the word 'population' is used in this act, it shall mean the population of the particular area in accordance with the latest U.S. census as may be updated by the State Department of Administration or the U.S. Bureau of Census.

Sec. 4.  This act shall be effective for budget years beginning July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1973.