GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

HOUSE BILL 515

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT to permit community colleges to include the cost of textbooks in the tuition charged for members of the armed services.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D-39 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(d) A community college may add the cost of textbooks purchased at the college's bookstore to the tuition rates established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for all purposes associated with billing the armed services for the enrollment of members of the armed services, as defined in G.S. 116-143.3, if the student's branch of the armed services permits the addition of textbooks to tuition costs in its tuition assistance program. The college may retain the funds attributable to the cost of the textbooks."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14^th day of June, 2011.

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                                                                         Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

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                                                                         Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

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                                                                         Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2011