GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 73 
HOUSE BILL 239 

AN ACT TO PERMIT CERTAIN NONSTUDENTS TO RIDE ON SCHOOL BUSES IN HYDE COUNTY. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Hyde County Board of Education may permit the use of school buses to transport persons not otherwise entitled to use a bus who are enrolled in a program designed to educate persons with special needs if the program is sponsored by the Tideland Mental Health Center at the Mattamuskeet Opportunities Center at Fairfield. 
The Hyde County Board of Education may permit the use and operation of buses as allowed by this act under rules and regulations they adopt. 
The Tideland Mental Health Center shall reimburse the Hyde County Board of Education for any cost it incurs in transporting pupils pursuant to the provisions of this act. Reimbursement costs shall be determined pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education. 
For purposes of this act, a person with special needs is defined as any person who is mentally handicapped, without regard to age. 
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of April, 1985.