GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
SESSION LAW 2016-30
HOUSE BILL 1014*
AN ACT to make conforming changes by removing obsolete references to the more at four program in the general statutes, as recommended by the joint legislative oversight committee on health and human services, and to rename Part 6 of Article 1B of Chapter 130A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES to Taylor's Law Establishing the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C‑242 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑242. Use and operation of school buses.
Public school buses may be used for the following purposes only, and it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the school of each local school administrative unit to supervise the use of all school buses operated by such local school administrative unit so as to assure and require compliance with this section:
(1) A school bus may be used
for the transportation of pupils enrolled in and employees in the operation of
the school to which such bus is assigned by the superintendent of the local
school administrative unit. Except as otherwise herein provided, such
transportation shall be limited to transportation to and from such school for
the regularly organized school day, and from and to the points designated by
the principal of the school to which such bus is assigned, for the receiving
and discharging of passengers. No pupil or employee shall be so transported
upon any bus other than the bus to which such pupil or employee has been
assigned pursuant to the provisions of this Article: Provided, that children
enrolled in a Headstart program or any More at Four NC Pre‑K program
may be transported on public school buses, and any additional costs associated
with such contractual arrangements shall be incurred by the benefitting Head
Start or More at Four NC Pre‑K program: Provided further,
that children with disabilities may be transported to and from the nearest
appropriate private school having a special education program approved by the
State Board of Education if the children to be transported are or have been
placed in that program by a local school administrative unit as a result of the
State or the unit's duty to provide such children with a free appropriate
public education.
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SECTION 2. G.S. 143B‑168.12(a)(1)n. reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑168.12. North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.; conditions.
(a) In order to receive State funds, the following conditions shall be met:
(1) The North Carolina Partnership shall have a Board of Directors consisting of the following 26 members:
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n. The Director of the More
at Four Pre‑Kindergarten NC Pre‑K Program, or the
Director's designee."
SECTION 3. Part 6 of Article 1B of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"Part 6. Taylor's Law Establishing the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases.
"§ 130A‑33.65. Advisory Council on Rare Diseases; membership; terms; compensation; meetings; quorum.
(a) There is established the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases within the School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to advise the Governor, the Secretary, and the General Assembly on research, diagnosis, treatment, and education relating to rare diseases. This Part shall be known as Taylor's Law Establishing the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases. For purposes of this Part, "rare disease" has the same meaning as provided in 21 U.S.C. § 360bb.
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SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 2016.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved 4:03 p.m. this 22nd day of June, 2016