GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 412

Short Title:  Comm. College Multicampus Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Moore; Boyd-McIntyre, Bridgeman, Brubaker, Cox, Culp, Cunningham, Davis, Earle, Gardner, Gulley, Hackney, Hunter, Insko, Jarrell, Jeffus, McCombs, Mosley, Nye, Owens, Starnes, Tallent, Thompson, Tolson, Wainwright, Warren, Wood, and Wright.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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March 11, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLEBILL 
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR MULTICAMPUS COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115D-31(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The State Board of Community Colleges shall be responsible for providing, from sources available to the State Board, funds to meet the financial needs of institutions, as determined by policies and regulations of the State Board, for the following budget items:
(1)	Plant Fund. – Furniture and equipment for administrative and instructional purposes, library books, and other items of capital outlay approved by the State Board. Provided, the State Board may, on an equal matching-fund basis from appropriations made by the State for the purpose, grant funds to individual institutions for the purchase of land, construction and remodeling of institutional buildings determined by the State Board to be necessary for the instructional programs or administration of such institutions. For the purpose of determining amount of matching State funds, local funds shall include expenditures made prior to the enactment of this Chapter or prior to an institution becoming a community college pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, when such expenditures were made for the purchase of land, construction, and remodeling of institutional buildings subsequently determined by the State Board to be necessary as herein specified, and provided such local expenditures have not previously been used as the basis for obtaining matching State funds under the provisions of this Chapter or any other laws of the State. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, G.S. 116-53(b), or G.S. 143-31.4, appropriations by the State of North Carolina for capital or permanent improvements for community colleges may be matched with any prior expenditure of non-State funds for capital construction or land acquisition not already used for matching purposes.
(2)	Current Operating Expenses for Main Campuses and Multicampus Colleges, as Defined by the State Board:
a.	General administration. – Salaries and other costs as determined by the State Board necessary to carry out the functions of general administration.
b.	Instructional services. – Salaries and other costs as determined by the State Board necessary to carry out the functions of instructional services.
c.	Support services. – Salaries and other costs as determined by the State Board necessary to carry out the functions of support services.
(3)	Additional Support for Regional Institutions as Defined in G.S. 115D-2(4). – 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. 115D-32(a)(2)a. Amount of matching funds to be provided by the State under this section shall be determined as follows: The population of the administrative area in which the regional institution is located shall be called the "local factor,"the combined populations of all other counties served by the institution shall be called the "State factor."When the budget for the items listed in G.S. 115D-32(a)(2)a has been approved under the procedures set out in G.S. 115D-45, the administrative area 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 administrative area provides less than its proportionate share, the amount of State funds provided shall be reduced by the same proportion as were the administrative area funds.
		Wherever the word "population"is used in this subdivision, it shall mean the population of the particular area in accordance with the latest United States census."
Section 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Community Colleges the sum of one million six hundred sixty thousand dollars ($1,660,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of two million five hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars ($2,538,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide adequate operating expenses for multicampus community colleges, as defined by the State Board of Community Colleges.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.