GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 471

Short Title:  Surplus Computers to Schools.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Lee; and Dalton.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.

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March 23, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF STATE SURPLUS COMPUTERS TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Administration, as the State Surplus Property Agency, shall make available to the public schools of the State through ExplorNet, a nonprofit corporation, all State surplus computers that are refurbishable or otherwise usable in the public schools.  The Department shall transmit all available information about these computers to ExplorNet and shall assist ExplorNet in acquiring these computers for the public schools at no cost or for a service charge or fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00).
Section l.(b)	The Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations by August 1, 1999, and quarterly thereafter through April 1, 2002, on the implementation of this section.
Section 2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina may make available to the public schools of the State through ExplorNet all State surplus computers that are refurbishable or otherwise usable in the public schools.  The constituent institutions may provide these computers through ExplorNet to the public schools at no cost or for a service charge or fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00).
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.