AN ACT to authorize LONGLEAF SCHOOL OF THE ARTS to elect to participate in the state health plan for teachers and state employees.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the time limitation contained in G.S. 135‑48.54, the Board of Directors of Longleaf School of the Arts, a charter school located in Raleigh, may elect to become a participating employing unit in the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees in accordance with Article 3B of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes. The election authorized by this act shall be made no later than 30 days after the effective date of this act and shall be made in accordance with all other requirements of G.S. 135‑48.54.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of July, 2016.

	s/	 Louis M. Pate, Jr.
	 Presiding Officer of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 4:02 p.m. this 22nd day of July, 2016