GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2019

SESSION LAW 2019-38

SENATE BILL 448

AN ACT to amend the requirements for an individual appointed as compact commissioner under the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑407.7 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C‑407.7.  Appointment of compact commissioner.

As required by Article VIII of the compact, the Governor shall appoint as compact commissioner a licensed North Carolina attorney an individual who represents at least one local board of education, with preference given to an attorney representing a local board of education with a high concentration of military children or an attorney familiar with military issues. children. The compact commissioner shall be responsible for the administration and management of the State's participation in the compact."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13^th day of June, 2019.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Roy Cooper

                                                                         Governor

Approved 2:32 p.m. this 21^st day of June, 2019