HB 656 — College of Albemarle/Construction Funds.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 21 HOUSE BILL 656 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/26/17 Short Title:

Representative Steinburg.

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

State and Local Government I, if favorable, Education - Community Colleges April 11, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY TO THE COLLEGE OF THE ALBEMARLE IN USING STATE FUNDS TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

NotwithstandingThe anyBoard otherof provisionTrustees of lawthe toCollege of the contrary,Albemarle theshall Boardbe exempt from any provisions of TrusteesChapter 115D of the CollegeGeneral ofStatutes that require a community college to be the Albemarleowner mayof expendreal Stateproperty fundsto appropriatedexpend foravailable capitalState improvements,funds, including Connect NC Bond funds, for the construction and renovation of educational facilities ownedfor byprojects in which construction and locatedrenovation of educational facilities shall be on county property ownedof by a county within the service area of the College of the AlbemarleAlbemarle, (Camden,including the counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and PerquimansPerquimans, Counties),and shall be leased for a period of at least 30 years to the Board of Trustees of the College of the Albemarle, including for the following pending projects:

The facilities would house community college transfer *H656-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 programs and health care, public safety, and other vocational community college programs for adults and for high school students participating in Career and College Promise programs.

*H656-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 (2) Construction of a public safety facility located in Currituck County, which would enable the relocation of the community college's emergency services programs.

Any facility constructed or renovated under this authority shall be leased for a period of at least 30 years to the Board of Trustees of the College of the Albemarle.

If the lessor terminates the lease through no fault of the college, a prorated amount of the building cost supported by State funds, amortized over the lease period, shall be returned to the college.

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The lease shall contain adequate provision to assure that the capital facilities so provided will be used for community college purposes.

SECTION 3.

The Board of Trustees of the College of the Albemarle may contract for the renovation or construction of educational facilities as described in Section 1 of this act with any of the counties within the service area of the College of the Albemarle without being subject to the provisions of G.S.

SECTION 4.3.

This act is effective when it becomes lawlaw. and applies only to capital improvement projects with construction contracts executed prior to July 1, 2022.

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